VIDEO: Two Controversial Moments From “The Big Payback”
Two new installments in my web video series, where I discuss two controversial moments in The Big Payback: • Cash Money Records stiffed the woman who got them their landmark deal, Wendy Day. • Quincy Jones and Russell Simmons tussle over Vibe magazine. Play it, embed it, circulate it! Peep the videos after the jump…
VIDEO: 5 Hip-Hop Myths, Debunked!
The second installment in my new web video series for The Big Payback, produced by my comrade, the award-winning Antonio Neves, and shot and edited with great skill by the aptly-named Jon Genius. Play it, embed it, circulate it! Peep the video after the jump…
The Big Update: Upcoming Events and Media (as of Friday, December 3)
RELEASE DATE December 7, 2010 WHERE TO BUY Everywhere books are sold (see below for links) WEBSITES www.dancharnas.com OR www.bigpaybackbook.com FACEBOOK/TWITTER www.facebook.com/bigpaybackbook www.twitter.com/dancharnas UPCOMING EVENTS Borders — Columbus Circle — Manhattan December 9, 2010 | 7:00 PM BORDERS PANEL: “How ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Changed America” featuring Ed Lover, Pete Dougherty, Cory Robbins, Sway, Fab 5 […]
VIDEO: Why I Wrote “The Big Payback”
Here’s the first installment in my new web video series for The Big Payback, produced by my comrade, the award-winning Antonio Neves, and shot and edited with great skill by the aptly-named Jon Genius.
We’ll be rolling these nine videos out over the course of the next two months.
Play it, embed it, circulate it!
Peep the video after the jump…
Did you know Cash Money Records stiffed the woman who got them their landmark deal?
Little known hip-hop fact #3: Wendy Day, the head of the Rap Coalition, worked for free for the better part of the 1990s helping rap artists out of bad deals and helping them negotiate good ones. But the first time she charged a fee for her services, she got stiffed. And that’s when things got […]