Black History Month Spotlight: Anthony ‘Top Dawg’ Tiffith, Founder of Top Dawg Entertainment | Billboard News

For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating by highlighting some of the greatest Black executives in music. And today, we’re celebrating Top Dawg.

Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith:
You know me, I’m like behind the scenes all the time.

Tetris Kelly:
For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating by highlighting some of the greatest Black executives in music. And today we’re celebrating Top Dawg.

From Kendrick Lamar to our 2023 Woman of the Year, SZA.

Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith:
And you know Top, literally, somehow always had this belief in me.

Tetris Kelly:
Behind some of the biggest artists in Hip-Hop and R&B is Top Dawg. Record producer Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith founded a label of the same name in 2004. A prolific producer, he earned three Grammys for his work with Kendrick and he’s become one of the smartest entrepreneurs in the game. Some of his biggest accomplishments under TDE are executive producing the soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ ‘Black Panther.’

“All the Stars” earned him two Grammy nominations.

Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith:
And she kicks butt.

Rania Aniftos:
She really does.

Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith:
When everybody counted us out.

Tetris Kelly:
And he also launched TDE’s first full label tour The Championship Tour. From discovering some of the greatest, curating the best and selling out tours, that’s why we’re celebrating Top Dawg.

Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith:
TDE is back on top. It will always be there. I’m out!