For Labels & A&R
Your next artist could be
performing tonight.
We've been the first US stage for artists now filling stadiums. The flagship Pass The Aux sessions and monthly open mics are a scouting engine, now it's on tap for the labels and managers who want to stand in the room before everyone else does.
Why us
Most discovery platforms surface artists after the numbers. We're the stage before them.
Hundreds of artists apply for our rooms every month. Our team curates what gets on stage. The ones who break through don't do it because we got lucky, they do it because the room was built to make it possible.
You don't need another algorithm. You need a door that opens in the right place, at the right time.
How we partner
Four ways in.
01
First-look scouting
Monthly shortlist of developing artists pulled from Pass The Aux sessions, open mics, and the submission pipeline. Delivered before they go viral, not after.
02
Co-signed residencies
Put your logo next to ours on a monthly residency in LA, London, Toronto, or Palermo. Own a night. Own the room. Own the relationships that come out of it.
03
Showcase curation
We program and produce label-night showcases. You tell us the lane; we tell you who should be in it. Venue, talent, capture, press, handled.
04
Artist development
Stage reps. Content. Real feedback from peers and industry. Your signings level up in the room we've spent six years building.
The pipeline, in practice
Artists before the fame.
A partial list of artists who came through Something Dope rooms before the rest of the world caught on. Your next signing is in the same room these came out of.
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Myles Smith
First US show at a Something Dope Open Mic. Brit Award winner. Sold out his own 100,000+ ticket tour. Now on the road with Ed Sheeran, SoFi Stadium included.
Read the story →
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Genwunner
Discovered at an open mic. Went viral, crowdfunded ~$20K, completed a 20 city tour.
Read the story →
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Flyana Boss
First ever performance at a Something Dope event in 2019. Many of our shows since and multiple release parties we've produced for Flyana Boss. Five days after we produced the You Wish single release celebration, it debuted #1 on Spotify's US Viral 50 and Missy Elliott jumped on the remix.
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Lekan
Walked in at ~300 monthly listeners. Now an international touring artist.
Read the story →
350+
Events
50K+
Tickets
Global
Residencies
Monthly
Cadence
Let's talk
Partnership
starts with a call.
Tell us what you're looking for, new signings, a specific lane, a residency, a showcase. We'll come back with a shortlist and a plan.
Direct line
Open the scouting form →Include: label / team, the lane or genre you're hunting, any specific cities, and what the ideal partnership looks like. We reply within 48 hours.
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