Friday, March 14, 2008
Commerce is killing the true spirit of hip-hop
Through the lecture and the course readings we are now aware of the commercialization of hip-hop, but how do those within the industry feel about this?
The following link is to an interesting article that discusses the commercialization of hip hop and the viewpoint of some prominent people within the hip hop industry itself - i.e. the rapper Nas, BET (black entertainment television) industry veteran Paul Porter, and BET's senior vice president Stephen Hill.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=12258
The following link is to an interesting article that discusses the commercialization of hip hop and the viewpoint of some prominent people within the hip hop industry itself - i.e. the rapper Nas, BET (black entertainment television) industry veteran Paul Porter, and BET's senior vice president Stephen Hill.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=12258
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