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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Robbie Smith

Londoner’s Diary: NFTs can free musicians from ‘slavery’, says Tinie Tempah

TINIE TEMPAH has launched a blunt and strongly worded attack on the music industry, saying “traditionally” the business “rapes a lot of artists”.

“It’s terrible, it’s basically like modern-day slavery, it really is,” the rapper-turned-investor told an event at auctioneers Bonham’s last night. Tempah was arguing that Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) — which allow ownership of digital artworks — now offer artists an alternative.

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