Young/Nacho\Drawz
...come on let's picture the possibility...
Luther Campbell, you might say, is both the Kool Herc and Russell Simmons of Southern hip hop. As a promoter, club owner, label head, pirate radio station proprietor, clothing manufacturer and the foul-mouthed hypeman for rap’s most X-rated group, Luke pretty much did it all, single-handedly building hip hop’s first artist-owned music empire. But, Campbell says, “everything I know about the music business started from me being a DJ.” In this talk with Vivian Host in October 2015, Luther chats about all of the above and more.