SuperPhone is potentially a rival to a number of major platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as the likes of Spotify or Apple Music on the entertainment front. Artists are able to sell merchandise, tickets or songs for example. Users can get it by texting his SuperPhone number and then choosing how much they pay him. ![]() He is currently doing what he dubs as a "lifetime" album called "MZRT". Leslie has done this to his 53,000 following. Artists for example could sell a song or album via SuperPhone and track who is buying it, and perhaps send a text to their top fans with special VIP events. SuperPhone allows its users to see a dashboard of people that message them. The product could present a big change to the way public figures sell to fans. The rapper said he personally picks who comes onto the private beta. ![]() The public version of the app will launch by the end of the summer, Leslie said. SuperPhone is currently in the private beta testing phase with around 2,700 users including other major artists such as Mike Posner. Leslie told CNBC the company will be raising more money this year. Earlier this year, Leslie's company Disruptive Multimedia raised a $1.5 million seed round of funding which included investors like Ben Horowitz from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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