Scooter Braun: The Lie I Chased Almost Broke Me... You’re Probably Chasing It Too!

Okay. But I want the full tree. Yeah I'm nervous. Cura Braun is the man behind some of the biggest stars in the music industry. And he built one of the most disruptive entertainment empires on the planet. I've never really said this out loud until right now. At this age, I feel a lot of guilt.

Because I worked with so many young artists and we were all kids moving so fast, and we all wanted to succeed so bad. And it wasn't until I was forty years old doing some intense therapy that I realized I was so driven by the fear that I wouldn't be enough. So let's go back. As a kid growing up, I wanted to prove that I could be more than the privilege I was born with. And I created this character scooter because I didn't think Scott could achieve these things. And that mask made me absolutely relentless faking it till I make it. Like I have no right convincing Justin and his mom to be on the first plane they'd ever been on and meet me. So what were they doing? My ignorance. But it was also realizing that so much of insecurity drives us and makes us great. Like now that I'm here, I can't fail because then everyone will see that I shouldn't be here. So let's go for it. And then we had such extreme success. The whole world thought I was crushing it, but I built this mask. So big, I didn't realize how far away I'd gotten to the sky. So here I am, the top of my game.

I wanted to kill myself. And I broke down crying. Because I spent so much time trying to impress people who didn't love me.

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