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Piff Marti

Independent Musical Artist. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Piff Marti is an independent rapper and songwriter known for pairing emotional vulnerability with self-shot digital content. He achieved breakout recognition when his track "Boys Do Cry" went viral online, later releasing projects including his 2023 album It Be Like That Sometimes.

What they said5 Shows1

Everything Piff Marti said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Insight

Piff Marti: Streaming platforms dilute music quality by demanding constant content

“And the goal of all of these platforms, like Instagram, TikTok, Spotify Apple Music, is to have users use their app as long as possible. And what they encourage the creators to do is give them a bunch of things that these users can consume. But because of that…”

Piff Marti Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 54:53 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music

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Piff Marti: Music industry faces 4-to-5-year overcorrection between artists and labels

“There's gonna be An overcorrection, where artists want to be the winner, and the labels lose, and the companies lose, so I think it's gonna take that four to five years to get to that point.”

Piff Marti Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 42:01 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music

a16z Disclosure

Piff Marti Uses Midjourney to Create Album Cover Artwork

“One, it saves me a lot of money as a creative entrepreneur where I can go into a mid journey and then type in a dope prompt and get some artwork so I can use for my album cover.”

Piff Marti Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 1:04:52 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music

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Piff Marti uses ChatGPT to translate music contracts into layman's terms

“I could put a contract into ChatGBT, and it will translate it in layman's terms. Probably not as good as a lawyer, because you still need that human, you know what I mean? Yet, but for me, who couldn't necessarily afford to have a lawyer on retainer, at least …”

Piff Marti Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 1:05:20 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music

a16z Disclosure

Piff Marti: Rapper's first favorite song was Cher's Believe

“As a rapper, that's not usually what your, you hear rappers say they get inspired by, but the first, my first favorite song was Believe by Cher, right?”

Piff Marti Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 2:46 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Piff's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Independent Musical Artist	1	5	—	full record on the a16z Podcast →