Who is rap genius

Genius had no plans to expand beyond rap lyrics when it launched in October RapExegesis launches with a small team of less than ten people annotating rap lyrics.

December RapExegesis rebrands as Rap Genius. Mid Rap Genius surpasses one million unique hits per month. The company proclaims that its serious, academic take on rap lyrics will help elevate the genre to the level of poetry. August 19, The company surpasses 4.

November 11, Rap Genius is targeted by the National Music Publishers Association for not obtaining licenses to publish song lyrics. New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine--even an entirely new economic system.

AWS Deloitte Genpact. Events Innovation Festival. Follow us:. Most Innovative Companies Rap Genius. For example, it occurred to him that two users could very well be editing the same annotation on a song at the same time.

So the site would need a conflict resolution mechanism. Just do the shittiest thing you have to do. Another truism Lehman has committed to heart. You have to be ruthless about making the right decisions.

Users will deal. He knows from experience. Two years ago, Rap Genius announced it would not only be explaining rap, but also poetry , rock and the news. It would go from one niche to four increasingly broad channels. Huge arguments. For two years. You can always go back and make a huge to-do list and check some of it off. Of course, this runs counter to classic developer thinking.

People will deal with it.