Empowering creatives: How blockchain is helping to bridge the gender gap in the music industry
“I started Qlip in 2021 because I had used Steemit and Emanate, and I thought, ‘How can I fuse blockchain and music?’ It was then that I began to understand what NFTs are. I found out that NFTs can ... help artists to raise funds.”
Blockchain is helping to bridge the gender gap in various industries and the creative industry is not left behind. From innocently seeking ways to publish her music and earn from it without needing intermediaries, Karla Obkpolor discovered blockchain and went on to become the founder of blockchain companies Cryptosmart and QLIP NFTs, to give other creatives a platform built without gender biases.
“I felt like I could share my art with a lot of people, and they can get to know me [and my art] even though [the platform] is text-based,” she told Mariblock.
"I would post majorly about my lyrics and short stories, and then I saw that ... if [users on the platform] upvoted me, I could have more SBDs [steem blockchain dollars], and that was the first time I ever [earned or] traded cryptocurrency ... I liked Steemit because as an artist, I [got] to express myself, post my lyrics and get people to flow.”
