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The Hard Rap Cafe The Brooklyn Museum's "Hip-Hop Nation" show surveys rap's journey from Bronx block parties to cold-lampin' in the Hamptons... |
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How The NAACP Could Get Its Clout Back No one expects just one organization to solve all of black America's problems. But fresh leadership, money and creative thinking could go a long way toward invigorating black achievement, improving the nation along the way. |
Mother Jones Jul/Aug 2001 Jeff Chang |
Slamming Hip-Hop Saul Williams on defining hip-hop, discomfiting listeners, and personal hero Paul Robeson... |
Entrepreneur May 2004 April Y. Pennington |
Urban Legends As entrepreneurs, hip-hop artists seem unstoppable. What's their edge? |
Salon.com January 14, 2003 Suzy Hansen |
Another shade of black John McWhorter talks about the pitfalls of reparations and affirmative action, why Eminem will never be hip-hop's Elvis, and why the N-word doesn't bother him much. |
Fast Company November 2003 Jennifer Reingold |
Rush Hour Russell Simmons, the godfather of hip-hop, has used street smarts and a platinum Rolodex to create a $300 million conglomerate. Now he's flexing his political muscle. Come inside the frenetic world of a modern entrepreneur. |
AskMen.com November 26, 2002 Jordan Stein |
Is Hip-Hop Taking Over Fashion, Y'All? The staggering success of rap has generated a nouveau riche sensibility. It's become cliched yet mandatory for rappers to flaunt Cristal, fleets of Cadillacs and diamond-encrusted Rolexes. Fashion was simply the next worldly possession on the list. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Susan Berfield |
The CEO of Hip-Hop Impresario Russell Simmons has brought urban style to mainstream America -- and helped other big marketers do the same. An inside look at his growing influence. |
AskMen.com Sowmya Krishnamurthy |
Hip-Hop Style When rapper Lil Wayne stepped onto the MTV Video Music Awards stage this year, he set tongues and tweets wagging with his skintight, safari-inspired pants. |
Salon.com June 3, 2002 Laura K. Warrell |
"Fight the Power" Public Enemy's explosive 1989 hit single brought hip hop to the mainstream -- and brought revolutionary anger back to pop... |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2006 S.J. Caplan |
The Serious Side of Bling Young adults hear about financial empowerment from the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. |
Inc. April 1, 2004 Rod Kurtz |
Russell Simmons - Rush Communications Having built a half-billion-dollar music and fashion empire, Russell Simmons is delivering a message to young entrepreneurs, particularly young black entrepreneurs, simply through his very presence in corporate America. |
Entrepreneur September 2009 Josh Dean |
The Endless Flow of Russell Simmons Hip-hop impresario and multimedia baron Russell Simmons lives and breathes opportunity. |
AskMen.com November 25, 2003 |
Russell Simmons Interview One of the architects of today's rap and hip-hop music industry as a founder of Def Jam, Simmons is still changing the landscape with his Rush Communications, a conglomerate that includes Def Jam, Rush Artist Management, Phat Farm, and even Def Pictures, a movie production house. |
AskMen.com March 22, 2002 Chris Rovny |
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Fast Company December 1, 2006 Jamie Bryan |
Bottled Up Just when Cristal lost favor in the hip-hop world, hip-hop fixture Branson B. was rolling out his own champagne. So where are his famous friends now? |
AskMen.com Thomas Foley |
Top 10: Hip-Hop Honeys There are a special few hip-hop honeys who form an elite group of women who have made careers out of appearing in hip-hop videos. Take a look at our favorites. |
Entrepreneur July 2007 James Park |
In the Groove What began as a simple hip-hop site has grown into a million-dollar business. |