Dan Charnas In Vibe Magazine’s “Juice” Issue
Me upon hearing the news: “You guys have an issue about Jews? Nice!” Many thanks to the good folks at Vibe for this inexplicable honor. One of those kinds of features that you read, but never imagine you’d be in. Great to share a page with dream hampton for the first time since our days […]
Dan On CNN, Discussing Common And Conservatives
There’s a first time for everything. The rapper Common — still smelling of Gap clothing and Erykah Badu’s incense — called “vile,” “misogynist,” and “violent.” The writer Dan Charnas called to talk about it on CNN. Kinda cool.
Spotted Reading “The Big Payback”…
I told my wife last year that I wouldn’t feel truly fulfilled as a first-time author until I saw a random person on the train reading my book. Last night, it happened. Her name is Ephrat, she’s a dancer (and a b-girl at that), and she actually got the book from a friend of mine, […]
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.”
Why Hip-Hop Artists Make Such Good Marketers
Many props to Al Lindstrom for the opportunity to discuss the book on his dynamic, informative site.