R&B star Brent Faiyaz presents his manager Ty Baisden with the Executive of the Year award at Billboard's Indie Power Players 2024 event.
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00:00 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the incredible Brent Faiyaz.
00:04 [applause]
00:12 What's up with y'all?
00:14 Let me first off thank the staff and everyone at Biblical for allowing me to grace that cover.
00:20 I really appreciate y'all.
00:22 But make some noise for being in this room.
00:24 You know, everybody here, make some noise for yourself for being here.
00:27 [applause]
00:30 I didn't prepare no speech enough, and you know we independent, so we roll with the punches and shit like that.
00:35 But I'm gonna just say one thing.
00:37 It's one thing, you feel me, for people to love what you do and appreciate your art and what you put out.
00:41 And it's another to be acknowledged amongst your peers.
00:45 And that's what this is right here.
00:47 So let me acknowledge my brother, Todd Basin, for Executive of the Year.
00:50 [applause]
00:58 Just like my brother, I did not prepare a speech.
01:01 But I do want to thank, first, God.
01:05 I want to thank my mom, my family, culture.
01:09 I want to thank Milana at STEM.
01:11 I want to thank Troy at Venice.
01:14 And the entire Billboard team for really taking the time out and honoring us in a really great way.
01:21 And yeah, that's pretty much it, man.
01:23 Stay independent.
01:25 [applause]
01:28 [APPLAUSE]