Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the extraordinary story of the world's most influential hip hop label / Stacy Gueraseva.

Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the extraordinary story of the world's most influential hip hop label / Stacy Gueraseva.

By
Gueraseva, Stacy.

Publication Date
2005

Publication Information
New York : One World/Ballantine,

Physical Description
329 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography.
 
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.

Summary
In the early '80s, the music industry wrote off hip-hop as a passing fad. Few could or would have predicted that the improvised raps and raw beats busting out of New York City's urban underclass would one day become a multimillion-dollar business and one of music's most lucrative genres.

Language
English

ISBN
9780345468048


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Labrador City (LLC) M. ButtAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction782.421649 G93Checked In