Erscheint: Dezember 2026
Buch (Hardcover): Ratgeber
Blueprint
Inside the Business of Roc-A-Fella Records
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Simon & Schuster Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34870850
EAN: 9781668066027
Erscheint: Dezember 2026
Versand: Kostenlos
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Beschreibung
Hit Men meets Dilla Time in this story of how three legacies in the music industry built a business empire—and how three entrepreneurs reimagined what a record label could become. Today, Roc-A-Fella Records stands as one of the most influential forces in modern music and hip-hop history. Its founders and early collaborators produced not just a label, but a blueprint for how hip-hop could become both a cultural engine and an economic force. With Jay-Z and artists like Kanye West and Rihanna, Roc-A-Fella would come to define a global sound and style. Before sold-out arenas and billion-dollar brands, there were three young men navigating a closed industry with no backing and no clear path ahead. Rebuffed by major labels, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Damon “Dame” Dash, and Kareem “Biggs” Burke built their own system from the ground up and created demand on their own terms. In this sharply reported and propulsive behind-the-scenes account, Sowmya Krishnamurthy traces Roc-A-Fella’s rise from independent insurgent to dominant cultural force. Drawing on extensive interviews, The Blueprint reveals how the label operated at the intersection of music, business, and street-level grit—where timing, control, and narrative are everything.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)