VH1’s “The Tanning of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop” provides a visual history of the hip-hopification of America – what Stoute calls “tanning” — from “The Jeffersons” to the Fresh Prince; from “Do the Right Thing” to “8 Mile;” from the streets of Compton to Madison Ave; and rappers turned into entrepreneurs and icons. […]
America has a lot more flavor and color thanks to hip-hop. Record executive-turned Founder/CEO of brand-marketing firm Translation Steve Stoute breaks down hip-hop's influence in his new book "The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy."
