The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop by Dan Charnas

The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop



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Page: 672
ISBN: 9780451234780
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated


I haven't read the book, but I am glad the thought is out there. He has a long history in the entertainment business, but he recently published one of the greatest books on hip-hop of all time. His new gargantuan book is, I think, one of the better books about hip hop I've ever read. As 1990s entrepreneurs like Suge Knight made the rap business virtually synonymous with invective and violence, Simmons stood above them as a relative paragon of virtue, achieving unmatched success with humor and hustle rather than brutality. In the past 30 years, no other art form has had a larger impact on popular culture than hip hop. The transformation of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons from the recreational drug-using, model-chasing manager of seminal 1980s rap artists Run-DMC, LL Cool J and. I knew, when I moved from LA to the Bay, in 1990 that KMEL was something special. In order for us to avoid the pitfalls of the business it is necessary to study those that came before us. LA obviously had KDAY (though, alas, not for much longer) but the commercial radio stations in LA, frankly, sucked when it came to hip-hop. After all, hip-hop has been the most powerful musical force – in the world – of the late 30 years and The Big Payback enriches our understanding of the music and its global impact through the vastness of its scope, 1) The history behind KMEL. So, you can imagine how thrilled I was to see NPR, a channel I listen diligently to, do this neat interview with Dan Charnass on his latest book, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop. These memories have come pouring back to me while reading The Big Payback, Dan Charnas's authoritative and comprehensive history of the business of hip-hop music. The music industry is notorious for being shady. It's called the Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop. Dan Charnas, thanks for being on The Sound of Young America. The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop by Dan Charnas will be published next week by New American Library/Penguin. In Dan Charnas' exhaustively researched The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop (New American Library/Penguin), he does exactly that. Hip Hop is no different from any other cultural product in the sights of money making. 'The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop'.





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