97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.


Trending today: more evidence that the streaming-music model is lining corporations’ pockets at the expense of actual musicians. Victor and Aaron discuss a story finding that Kendrick Lamar only made 7 million dollars for “Not Like Us” – which is a lot, but a drop in the bucket considering how ubiquitous it was in popular culture. A musician who doesn’t completely dominate American culture for an entire year? Well, you’re gonna have to get a second job. Maybe a third.

Listen: