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Music masters: a new generation of rap moguls is making the industry dance to a different beat: ownership - The hip-hop economy part 3 of a series - Industry
SO SO DEF RECORDINGS CEO JERMAINE DUPRI has been cranking out chart-toppers from his Atlanta-based music factory for more than a decade now. The rap ......(Continue Reading) Fly Dance Company: straight outta Houston, these riveting dancers bring hip-hop beats to the sounds of Stravinsky and B.B. King
Four young men walk into the Ector County Coliseum in the West Texas oil town of Odessa, looking more like a bunch of street savvy guys than an up-and-coming ......(Continue Reading)Tu-tu revenue: teaching everything from ballet to hip-hop, dance schools have become a thriving business
The fourth banker Tari Smith went to for a loan when she decided to expand her dance studio in the late '90s just chuckled. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ......(Continue Reading)Southern-fried hip-hop: down-home lyrics and strong dance grooves are ingredients of a tasty menu
WHETHER it's grubbing at a local barbecue spot Memphis, bling-blinging while riding in a Caddy on Peachtree Street, or just kicking it at a joint on ......(Continue Reading)Princes among thieves: sampling the '80s - hip hop music
I don't recall that the vogue lasted for more than a few years, but one of the things many of us did in the 1980s was to put a music sample on our answering ......(Continue Reading)
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