How I Found My Own Mix Tape Distributor

Episode 286: CLINTON SPARKS On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the crew welcomes Grammy Nominated Producer, Mixtape Legend, Radio/TV Host, Author, and Boston’s finest @ClintonSparks. Clinton speaks on his famous tagline #GetFamiliar (00:45) and breaks down his lucrative and illegal mixtape operation in the 2000’s (12:43). He reflects on helping Q (@QWorldStar) launch @WorldStar (24:12) and reminisces on his troubled childhood, breaking and entering and being molested (30:21). Clinton shares his work expanding the #ESports market with Hip-Hop investors (50:01), explains how he’s the “first DJ to bring Hip-Hop to the Vegas Strip” (55:37) and debates on whether he abandoned his Hip-Hop roots to pursue EDM (1:04:00). Finally, he shares an encounter with the “Suge Knight of Boston” #Benzino (1:19:00), explains how he avoided prosecution for illegal mixtape distribution unlike @DJDrama and remembers collabing with the late great @DJKSlay (1:24:00).