The Zoom interview has just begun when 24kGoldn, more or less unprompted, calls himself “the Steve Jobs of the music industry right now.” It’s the kind of braggadocious claim that only a 20-year-old ...

Around this time last year, musician 24kGoldn made the decision to not return for his sophomore year at the University of Southern California, where he had a full ride, in order to focus on his music.