SxSW 2012 With Steve Stoute And Soul Train
On Friday, I’ll be heading to SxSW in Austin, Texas for two panels. Saturday at 11a, Steve Stoute and I will be having a conversation about America’s multiracial future. And a few hours later, at 1:30p, myself and Tony Cornelius — son of the legendary Don Cornelius — will celebrate the legacy of Soul Train […]
Def Jam: The First 25 Years Of The Last Great Record Label
The new book that I co-authored with Bill Adler and Cey Adams — Def Jam: The First 25 Years Of The Last Great Record Label (Rizzoli) — is out this week. (Click HERE to buy the book.) So much more than a “coffee table” book, it’s a comprehensive oral history of the label. The book […]
Going Going, Back Back To Cali, Cali, Cali
Dan Charnas, author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, will be appearing this Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books alongside renowned music scribes Fred Goodman, Simon Reynolds and Randall Roberts on a panel entitled “In Flux: The Music Biz.”
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: Dan Charnas at York College
On Monday, October 25, 2010, I was honored to be the guest of Business Unusual magazine at their Urban ThINC Series event at CUNY—York College in Queens. Quite humbling to be on the same panel as the brilliant Cedric Muhammad and Glenn Williams, Jr.! You can see me in the video below, reading from The […]