Bobby Robinson (1917-2011): An Unreleased History
Bobby Robinson, the founder of one of the first rap labels, Enjoy Records, and the first record man to sign a bonafide hip-hop act from the streets of the Bronx — Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five — died Saturday at the age of 93. I was lucky enough to be able to meet and […]
VIDEO: 5 Hip-Hop Business Tragedies
In the latest installment of The Big Payback video series, I explore five tragedies of the hip-hop business, including: The Eclipse of Sugar Hill Records The Demise of Macola Records Public Enemy’s Raw Deals The Black-Owned Distributor Fails The Death of KDAY Get more of the story below! Play it, embed it, circulate it! Peep […]