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Joe Jonas: 14 Questions With The 30 Under 30 Superstar

Joe Jonas attends Airbnb’s New York City Experiences launch event on September 26, 2017 in Brooklyn. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Airbnb)

Years after his Jonas Brothers heyday, Joe has found success again as frontman of pop act DNCE, whose first single “Cake By The Ocean” has been streamed more than 1 billion times worldwide in the past two years. DNCE’s self-titled debut album was certified gold by the RIAA this summer.

In light of these successes, Jonas has been selected to th...

How Logic And His 30U30 Manager Boosted The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Rapper Logic performs onstage during day 2 of the Firefly Music Festival on June 19, 2015 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Firefly)

On April 28, 2017—the day 30 Under 30 alum Logic released his song “1-800-273-8255,” named for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline—the organization received 4,573 calls, a 27% surge. It was the second-highest total in the organization’s history behind the day Robin Williams died; the only other event that generated a comparable...

Marley’s Green Machine: Inside Bob’s $23 Million Bonanza

Rohan Marley: The 45-year-old has made a career out of guarding his father’s legacy–and the business of Bob Marley is more lucrative than ever.

The items on the king-bed-size coffee table in Rohan Marley’s living room in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood tell quite a story. There’s a marijuana grinder, a Bentley key and a $230 turntable made from bamboo and recycled waste–one of the latest offerings from the Earth-friendly audio outfit House of Marley.

“We believe in two things: spiritual bala...

30 Under 30 Music: From Cardi B To Playboi Carti, The Class Of 2018

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The 19-year-old singer known mononymously as Khalid is a natural fit for a list of the world’s most influential teenagers. Buoyed by smash single “Location,” which has clocked more than 370 million Spotify spins, his March debut American Teen zoomed to No. 4 on Billboard‘s album charts and earned platinum certification from the RIAA. As such, he holds his own even with industry game-changers up to a decade older than him, landing a spot in the 30 Under 30 Mu...

From A To Zedd: The 30 Under 30 Cover Interview

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Before regularly scoring six-figure nightly fees spinning thumpy electronic tunes, Zedd got his start playing classical music at age 4. He learned how to plan performances with meticulous detail, an ability that’s obvious in his carefully choreographed shows today, which feature less of the freewheeling song selection used by most popular DJs. “I see myself as an artist who presents a show,” says Zedd, who earned $19 million this year and $85 million over th...

Kendrick Lamar, Conscious Capitalist: The 30 Under 30 Cover Interview

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Kendrick Lamar came of age on the streets of Compton, California, the violent landscape that has featured prominently in the music created by scores of hip-hop artists. He drew inspiration from his background for an entirely different venture: a 2014 partnership with Reebok to create a signature pair of sneakers–one red, one blue, symbolizing peaceful coexistence of the notorious Bloods and Crips gangs.

“Any kind of business outside of art and culture and hi...

Playboi Carti: Meet The 30 Under 30 Music Callout

Carti’s Coming: The 21-year-old is hip-hop’s next big star.

There’s no bigger role model for Playboi Carti than A$AP Rocky, the Harlem-born rapper who earned $14.5 million last year (and graced the cover of 2016’s 30 Under 30 issue).

“He laid out the platform, and I just went with it,” says Carti, who joined Rocky’s A$AP Mob collective and landed a six-figure deal with Interscope Records in late 2016.

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His warbling flow and relentless trap beats allowed his...

Meet The 30U30 Alum Pursuing Mideast Peace Through Song

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Most chorus teachers don’t have to deal with parents telling kids not to show up to rehearsals. As founder and director of the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus–which brings together Muslim and Jewish adolescents from across the divided city–Micah Hendler has that issue all the time.

“There are people both on the Palestinian side and on the Israeli side who are very suspicious of, or totally against, or trying to undermine, what we’re doing,” he told Forbes in an...

Michael Jackson’s Earnings: $75 Million In 2017

Michael Jackson performing on stage during the Jackson 5 Victory Tour (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)

The King of Pop earned $75 million pretax over the past year, landing him the No. 1 spot on our Halloween-spooky list of highest-paid dead celebrities. Here’s a deeper look inside the numbers.

Real Name: Michael Jackson
Born: August 29, 1958
Died: June 25, 2009
Age: 50
Cause: Overdose / Homicide

In 2016 the King of Pop clocked $825 million—the highest annual total for any entertainer dead or...

Prince’s Earnings: $18 Million In 2017

Purple Rain: Prince performs amid showers during the Super Bowl XLI halftime show on February 4, 2007 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Prince earned $18 million pretax over the past year, landing him the No. 7 spot on our Halloween-spooky list of highest-paid dead celebrities. Here’s a deeper look inside the numbers.

Real Name: Prince Rogers Nelson
Born: June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Died: April 21, 2016 in Chanhassen, Minn.
Age: 57
Cause: Drug Overdose

The...