how did so many cacs end up on the business of hip hop anyway? And I'm not talking about the "early adopter" cacs like Faith Newman, Rick Rubin, etc.. I'm talking about corny, completely-out-of-touch hipsters.
From my experience, i would have business meetings with people who worked in media, PR whether TV or print were corny hispter-ish who didnt care for the art.
They were so scared of real hip hop music. They got in position because of who they knew and were majoring in jornalism or media. They owned blogs or event spaces where i would try to host shows...
They only wanted to work with others yhat were like them. No lie, they looked and smelles dirty.
I can say with confidence, i only met 2 cool white people during my 5 years off putting out music. Everyone else either were scared of me or the people i was around.
Never will i forget cornballs at babygrande records that wouldnt allow me n my artist upstairs to the office lol
Blacks need ownership in hip hop. Even at the bottom of the totem pole, black people need to stop selling their art for pennies....not everyone needs to be a rapper or singer...i met at most 3 young black kids that were drawn to the business side of the music industry.
Crazy thing is, all crews that come out nowadays have inner city kids running behind the doors dealings but dont make it to the lyor cohens...