We recently connected with Mob Bo$$ and have shared our conversation below.

Hi MOB , thanks for joining us today. Have you ever had an amazing boss, mentor or leader leading you? Can you us a story or anecdote that helps illustrate why this person was such a great leader and the impact they had on you or their team?

The best Boss I have ever had is…. ME! I am the BO$$!

I would say there has not been one specific mentor in my life that shaped an impact on me or my career.

What made my career is my hard work, dedication & tenacity. The people along the way come and go. I put myself in positions to be around successful people, where I could grow & learn. The business part of me is about 10 successful Club Owners, Entrepreneurs, Athletes, Politicians, & Mobsters combined with my own way of doing things.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

MOB BO$$ is myself Brian Cohen as a Musician. It is also a Record Label & Fashion Line. Being a musician is a new art for me but not one I don’t understand. I know exactly how to get to the top. As a Nightlife Entrepreneur I am on the top, as a musician I am just starting.

I first started in business at the age of ten selling Baseball Cards in front of my parent’s house while they were holding a garage sale. I would make $500, and they would make $50. That progressed to buying & selling Baseball Cards at Card Shows all over Long Island until the age of 18. Through my Senior year of High School, I was also a Bookie and in the Sports Betting business.

Besides Baseball, what was my passion at age 18? Nightclubs & of course Girls! In college, I found a club flyer on the floor promoting a casting call for a Nightclub on Long Island where I lived. I got a Bartending job at a Nightclub and then started working all the hot clubs on Long Island as a Bartender. The promoter who brought me in forced me to promote at local colleges handing flyers out in classrooms and networking to all my college friends. After watching the promoters walk out with shoe boxes of money, I said, “I can do that” So my quest to not only be a Promoter but the best promoter started at the early age of 19. I figured it out. I was the guy who could take a dead club night and pack it out.

It was then Nightlife Empire began! I started packing Clubs all over Nassau County, Long Island. Then the Big New York City Promoters started noticing me, as well as the big promoters from out East in The Hamptons. They wanted me to bring my Long Island crowd to the City or Hamptons in the Summer. At a young age, I was getting envelopes of cash from Manhattan to the Hamptons and everywhere in between. I would have days that all I did was collections and collect cash. A bunch of my friends went away to colleges a few hours from Long Island in every direction. They all wanted me to bring my DJ’s and crew and pack Nightclubs and Theatres in their college towns. The Movement party was created, and I started packing events all over the Tri-State area.

Soon to follow were Holiday Weekend events in Miami, Las Vegas, Cancun. Business was thriving & nothing could stop my expansion. Wrong! On September 11th, 2001, New York City & the United States was hit with a Terrorist attack. That day changed everything for the World and my business. Although I finished out 2001 strong, everything changed. 2002 was my worst year in business. Accounts were lost and the same marketing strategies that worked just were not working. Knowing I had to either change my strategies in New York, start a different business or try something new was not an easy pill to swallow. I didn’t want to do anything else. I wanted to continue building my Nightlife Empire. I chose to bring my talents down to Paradise City, which is Tampa, Florida. Why Tampa? The weather, the beaches, the ripe nightlife market and of course being a New Yorker, Yankees Spring Training!

While negotiating with a Nightclub Owner to be a promoter at his 15,000 Square Foot Nightclub and Bar, he offered me the GM job. I did not even know what GM stood for let alone what I needed to do to be one. His answer was you are smart; you will figure it out. That I did. In a Nightclub that had a bad reputation and doing $8000 a week, I turned this venue into a $55,000 a week cash cow. I learned each aspect of how to operate a venue. One year later I opened my first Nightclub called Surf Club in Ybor City, Tampa while simultaneously putting on large-scale events and becoming the biggest Promoter in the State of Florida.

From there I learned how to be a Club Owner, how to build and flip clubs and earn revenue from different streams. I started a clothing line called NY Ego which I spread around to all my Club Owner, Promoter, DJ, Model and Celebrity friends. I built a marketing company which marketed non-nightlife clients such as dating websites, apps, stockbrokers, realtors and more.

The next step in continuing my Nightlife Empire was expansion to the West Coast. I set myself up with 2 Homes, 2 Luxury Cars, 1 in Florida and 1 in Vegas. Now I own, consult, market, operate & promote Nightclubs & Bars from coast to coast. Bottles were poppin, Models everywhere, Celebrities attended, epic nights were created, and life was good.

After spending more time on the West Coast, I gravitated towards Los Angeles. In fact, my slogan, “Los Angeles is my Motha F*ckin Destiny” started to stick. I rescued a failing lounge in Beverly Hills, I created Made Mondays the biggest Monday Night Weekly party in Hollywood with no-name rappers who become famous from this party after performing to a crowd filled with important Music industry executives and A-List Celebrities. I was involved in 20 Los Angeles venues. I then created my masterpiece brand; Mob Bar, a 1920’s Speakeasy with Burlesque, Prohibition Cocktails, Sinatra Music, Gangster Movies, Criminal Lineups and more. My concept was opening its first location on Valentine’s Day 2020. The plan was to open a 2nd in New York within six months, then Chicago, Miami, Vegas, London and all over the World. I opened my first Mob Bar, and it was a huge hit! Well except for one thing… Within 30 days, the Governor of California shut down all businesses due to The Covid 19 Pandemic. I opted out of my Mob Bar lease & all 20 venues were closed.

All I worked for was gone. While many Club Owners & Promoters were throwing underground illegal events in Los Angeles, I just didn’t want to be involved in that. I brainstormed and projected a long shutdown in California but short shutdown in other States. I ended up being spot on. So, the plan was to go to Texas, get some businesses up and running and come back to California once the State reopened.

Currently I am involved with on some level 35 Nightclubs, 85 Mansions in 5 States. I am working on opening 3 New Mob Bars in Los Angeles, San Diego, & Galveston.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The most rewarding part of being an artist is watching the complete product. From writing the song, which I typically change 100 times, to recording it which I at times doubted it sounded good, to the music video which is the most challenging because there are so many moving parts.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

When I think of Rappers in LA, I feel like most have the same look, style, back story. When I created the most successful Monday Night party in the history of nightlife (Made Mondays) located at Crazy Girls in Hollywood, I had over 1000 rappers from all over America perform at my events. A List celebrity no name artists who are now performing in front of 50,000 people and lots of songs mentioning my party.

You would think I would have gotten on stage and became a musician then. For whatever reason I did not. It was not my time.

NOW IS MY TIME! I recently co-wrote and starred in “Candy Shop Party” which will be out soon on all platforms. At first, I did it to promote the new club I took over. Then upon completion, watching the video I just knew I was on to something. The feedback was amazing, everyone loved it. As hard as I am on myself the finished product was well accepted. I’ve been told I have Mobster/Beastie Boys Vibe. My life is unique and different compared to every rapper I have ever seen.

So now it’s time to shine! I recently wrote MOB BO$$ ANTHEM & will soon be recording and creating a music video.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://bossmanagementgroup.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/bosscohen/
• Linkedin: http://instagram.com/mobbossmusic/