About this episode
Zuby is an independent rapper, author, host of "Real Talk with Zuby," life & fitness coach, public speaker and creative entrepreneur. He was born in England, raised in Saudi Arabia, and is a graduate of Oxford University. https://www.zubymusic.com/podcast REFERRAL LINKS: Coin Stories is powered by BITCOIN 2023, which will be the BIGGEST BITCOIN EVENT IN HISTORY held in April 2023. If you missed Bitcoin 2022, make sure to head to @Bitcoin Magazine 's page to find videos and highlights of all the biggest events and panels. You can get an early bird pass for Bitcoin 2023 at a steep discount if you head to: https://b.tc/conference/2023 *** Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin is a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://www.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up. *** With iTrustCapital, you can actually invest in crypto without worrying about taxes, or fees. iTrustCapital allows their clients to invest in crypto through an individual retirement account, or an IRA. IRAs are tax sheltered accounts, which means all your crypto trading is tax-free and can even grow tax-free over time. The best part is that it's totally free to open an account, and there are no hidden fees.You don't need to pay any monthly subscription or membership fees either. If you open and fund an account, you will get a $100 funding bonus added to your account. To learn more, click the link below and open a free account to learn more. https://itrust.capital/nataliebrunell *** Fold is the bitcoin rewards debit card and bitcoin-back shopping app. Earn bitcoin on everything with the Fold bitcoin cashback debit card. https://www.foldapp.com/natalie Timecodes: 00:00 Promo Codes 01:59 Intro 02:17 Born in London, raised in Saudi Arabia 07:17 2011 left full-time job to become full-time rapper 07:58 Hip-hop influences 11:18 Dad was a doctor, mom was a journalist 12:15 Parents supportive of the path to rap? 13:55 Saudi Arabia misconceptions 24:52 Relationship with money growing up 28:43 Journey to computer science 31:30 Early understanding of Bitcoin 33:05 iTrustCapital break 33:53 Fold break 34:25 Path to Bitcoin 37:52 "No turning back" after leaving job 39:12 Going in on BTC 42:14 Why the strong belief in Bitcoin? 45:25 What shifted in 2018 and 2019? 49:50 Going viral in 2019 52:15 Follower growth, COVID views, mask mandates 58:03 Being called "right wing" 1:06:08 How Bitcoin can fix the world 1:12:09 Future of BTC 1:18:17 What drives Zuby? 1:19:41 Advice to young Zuby