The big payback : the history of the business of hip-hop
Dan Charnas (Author)
On this four-decade-long journey from the studios where the first rap records were made to the boardrooms where the big deals were inked, "The Big Payback" tallies the list of who lost and who won along the 40-year road to hip-hop's dominance
xii, 660 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780451229298, 9780451234780, 0451229290, 0451234782
426803687
Note from the author
Number runners
Genius of rap
The beat box
Hip-hop nation
Where hip-hop lives
Cops & rappers
Keeping it real
An American dream
Epilogue: Harlem, November 4, 2008
Includes index