Aria Nejati

Forbes calls him a "hip-hop pioneer". Harvard invites him as a speaker. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame lets him vote. Aria Nejati is Head of Hip-Hop at Apple and one of the most important personalities in the German music landscape. For over 10 years, the #1 artists of today and tomorrow – like Snoop Dogg, Herbert Grönemeyer, Rick Rubin, Paula Hartmann and Chester Bennington – have been talking to him about their dreams and fears. His interviews have been viewed over 50 million times. Nejati has received multiple gold and platinum awards for his work. For many years, he was editor-in-chief at Germany's largest music magazine, Hiphop.de. He produced cover stories for GQ and Rolling Stone, and wrote for SPIEGEL and ZEIT. This summer, Nejati launched his new talk show "ZEITGEIST" from the Apple Studio in Berlin.