Oakland record label Kingmakers Music uplifts the Black community with socially-conscious rap
Rap music has long been a voice for struggle triumph and everyday life, but one Oakland record label is using it to create ...
Why Influence Media Is Expanding Beyond Catalogs and Investing In Hip-Hop’s Future
Influence Media's Rene McLean on music catalog investments and backing SLANG, a new label and publisher developing rising hip-hop artists.
The Late Irv Gotti Personified the Highs and Lows of Genius
The loss of Irv Gotti, who died last week at the age of 54, is immense. The Hollis, Queens native was a relic from an era when being a hip-hop multi-hyphenate wasn’t about diversifying your portfolio ...
Irv Gotti, music producer and Murder Inc. record label founder, dies at 54
Irv Gotti, the music producer best known for co-founding the Murder Inc. record label that helped launch the careers of ...
Golden State Warriors change the game with record label and first album release, ‘For The Soil’
The Warriors released the first project from Golden State Entertainment just in time for the NBA All-Star weekend in San ...
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Why Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana’s mixtape never dropped
Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana's 'I Can't Feel My Face' promised raw energy and innovation but never materialized.
Slavery, sex and school shootings: Lower is the album Benjamin Booker's old label didn't want him to make
Benjamin Booker is back with a compelling, experimental new album, and enjoying pulling the strings on his own label ...
Iconic record mogul, hip-hop producer dies at 54
Record executive and music producer Irv Gotti, best known for founding the Murder Inc. label, has died. He was 54. A cause of ...
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Irv Gotti, hip-hop mogul and producer, dead at 54
The label’s output between 1999 and 2003, was era defining and helped hip hop transition further into the pop mainstream. Prior to founding Murder Inc. in 1999, Irv Gotti was a DJ and record ...
Irv Gotti, Def Jam hip-hop exec and Murder Inc. co-founder, dies at 54
Gotti, born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. on June 26, 1970, was a key figure in the sound of ‘90s and 2000s hip-hop, when brash ...