On today's show, CoinDesk's Media and Culture Reporter, Will Gottsegen, interviews M.I.A., a British rapper who recently released her 2010 Mixtape "Vicki Leekx" in non-fungible-token (NFT) form in an effort to decentralize music.

Read the story here.

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This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust.

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