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Why Hip Hop Rocks

Why is rap so popular?  Here is an intriguing list jointly put out by Anthony Accardo of Disney Research and Digital Music News.  The title is “The Top 8 Reasons Why Rappers Make Better Businessmen…” Here is the link to the original article – http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/100110top8 1. Guest Appearances Make 1+1=3… One of rap’s best-selling albums [...]

Rappers & Pundits

The NY Times had a great article on Sunday showing how rappers and political talk show hosts are similar in the following ways: – They both have huge egos.- They regularly talk about haters.- They have regular feuds with colleagues.- Verbal skills are a necessary requirement for the job. I thought this article was pretty [...]

Bling Bling

Forbes released their list of Hip-Hop’s 20 biggest earners over the past year. The obvious fact here is that the big earners are not earning their money from music. Music is the means to either have the capital or reputation to diversify into other endeavors. Take 50 Cent, who brought in a mere $150 million. [...]