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The Big Payback by Dan Charnas

In this exclusive video premiere on TheUrbanDaily, Dan Charnas, author of the epic new book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, talks about one very interesting event in Jay-Z’s breakup with Dame Dash that you won’t read in Jay-Z’s new bestseller, Decoded.

Check out the video below:

Dan Charnas, author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, is the managing editor of InteractiveOne. Charnas, a Pulitzer Prize Fellow, was one of the first writers for the Source magazine and part of the generation of young writers who helped create hip-hop journalism. His writing has appeared in the Village Voice, the Washington Post, GIANT, and newspapers around the country. He spent 15 years in the music business, starting in the mailroom of Profile Records in the late 80s, and was VP of A&R for Rick Rubin’s American Recordings.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/osokoni/ osokoni

    Can you say divide and conquer…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/killasweet82/ killasweet82

    dontblack people get tired of suppoorting these crackers? its bad enough that they make money off rappers in the first place.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Oldskool1968/ Oldskool1968

    Yo! Who’s music/beat is at the begining of the Dan Charnas vid ?
    Someone please tell me.Sheldon.cunningham40@yahoo.com

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Pirate-X/ Pirate-X

    Worth checking out. On the ROC thing, business-wise it was all Dame. Jay had been trying to get on since 1986 but didn’t get anywhere until Damon Dash put him on with Original Flavor. Then set up the deal for Roc-a-Fella.
    Not mention all the successful acts (Beans & whole State Property) were Dame’s work as opposed to Jay (Ranjaz?).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Frenzy_Hunter/ Frenzy_Hunter

    a.) No one divided and conquered them. They divided themselves. And neither brother, as they are both successful, are conquered. At least not in my eyes.

    b.) What do you mean “don’t black people get tired of supporting these crackers?” Jay-Z is nearly a billionaire. Apparently he picked the right person, based on his skill set, rather than the color of his skin.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ur-WeaveNmyHeadboard/ Ur-WeaveNmyHeadboard

    @Frenzy, yeah you are right that was pretty dumb….

    i even think it is all fake, if you watch Death of a Dynasty, why does it predict it almost to the letter? I think they got tired (and older) and said lets break this up…so hey let’s have a beef for publicity.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ur-WeaveNmyHeadboard/ Ur-WeaveNmyHeadboard

    @oldskool…. and 1968 at that…..

    How are YOU not gonna know what song that is???
    i’m almost ashamed.. i would expect a one of these little Young Cheezy or Hick Ross fans to ask that.

    It’s Eric and Parish, big payback

    ..and hip hop is so dead

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/don-chichi-o/ don-chichi-o

    Jay was right and Dame was wrong, it’s jus that simple!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/QPsiPhi1911/ QPsiPhi1911

    I’m glad some people with good sense spoke up instead of letting the usual bullsh*t rule the day… Just like the guy said (and Jay said on Lost One), Dame didn’t wanna do his job.. he just wanted to floss and pop bottles instead of handling the business. Looking at where Jay is and where Dame is, looks like Jay made the right decision.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stickka/ stickka

    Who cares stop buying the junk they talking about and get to the stuff that we use to do. i can’t believe people would listen to s**t music when they talk about the people who buy the music all of you should feel real stupid..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Alexandra_amor/ Alexandra_amor

    Okayyyyyyyy

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GhettoIndia02/ GhettoIndia02

    Lets not code things.. be a about it and say it out loud. Who does that.. I Remember as little kids writing notes in code to ya friend in class… just in case the teacher caught you. But we’re on some grown people ish…like wtf?

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