My.Am.I. Music's Matt Krane Explains Black Friday Festival (VIDEO)

All night, Matt Krane looked pretty calm despite the fact that he was organizing a relatively big hip-hop festival at Sunset Cove Amphitheater on the biggest shopping day of the year. He wove his way around fans and groupies, making sure no one harassed Pusha T or begged Kendrick Lamar...

By Liz Tracy

November 26, 2012

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All night, Matt Krane looked pretty calm despite the fact that he was organizing a relatively big hip-hop festival at Sunset Cove Amphitheater on the biggest shopping day of the year. He wove his way around fans and groupies, making sure no one harassed Pusha T or begged Kendrick Lamar for an interview.

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His agency, Miami-based, Boca-bred, My.Am.I. Music put together the Black Friday Festival, and it went off without any real hitches, even with VIP receiving free tequila (reason #100 VIP is more fun). They held it down. We caught Matt backstage after the show and asked him to tell us about My.Am.I., and the other artists they're promoting.

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Liz has her master’s degree in religion from Florida State University. She has since written for publications and outlets such as Miami New Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Ocean Drive, the Huffington Post, NBC Miami, Time Out Miami, Insomniac, the Daily Dot, and the Atlantic. Liz spent three years as New Times Broward-Palm Beach’s music editor, was the weekend news editor at Inverse, and is currently the managing editor at Tom Tom Magazine.

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