Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’
Own a piece of rap culture
You know the recession hit the States bad when rappers are selling their jewelry. I’m joking. Russel Simmons’ Rush Community Affairs has joined forces with a New York auction house to give you the opportunity to own a piece of hip hop’s history. On March 5th, New York’s contemporary art auction house Phillips de Pury [...]
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Tags: 50 cent, auction, bling, culture, diamond, guiness book of records, hip hop, history, jewelry, kanye west, notorious big, rappers, recession, russel simmons, tupac
The A Files (Mya)
What do you do when the group of people who actually want to buy your music is gradually shrinking? Significantly… What are your alternatives (hence the name, A files) when you’re not selling 250K in the first week anymore? Hell, you probably ain’t selling 100K anymore either. Where do you go when you aren’t a [...]
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Tags: 360 model, acting, album sales, busta rhymes, chris brown, Christina Milian, donald passman, dru hill, grammy, hip hop, jazmine sullivan, joe, king, maxim, music business, Mya, MySpace, publicist, r&b, rihanna, The-Dream, universal, vip
Speaking of hypes…
My best friend led me to this fascinating article. I started reading from The PR hype cycle. Try viewing that from a hip hop perspective. Makes sense, right? And isn’t the image educational? Brilliant stuff. Thanks Google!
More on Gartner Group here.
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Tags: blogs, Google, hip hop, hype, internet, music business, music industry, PR
