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The Story of Cash Money Records

2014-09-29 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2014-09-29
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 641/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Story of Cash Money Records by : Terri Dougherty

Download or read book The Story of Cash Money Records written by Terri Dougherty. This book was released on 2014-09-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in New Orleans in the early 1990s, Cash Money Records faced an uphill battle as it struggled to gain respect. Brothers Bryan "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams started the label by recording New Orleans artists who were part of the local " bounce music" scene. The label's young rappers, including Juvenile, B.G., and Turk, worked hard to deliver hits, but inner turmoil almost derailed Cash Money's success. The breakout success of Lil Wayne, who became the label's biggest star and even served as its president for a time, helped Cash Money survive during a difficult decade. Today stars like Drake and Nicki Minaj are helping to make Cash Money Records a household name in the hip-hop world.

Gone 'Til November

2016-10-11 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2016-10-11
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 43X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Gone 'Til November by : Lil Wayne

Download or read book Gone 'Til November written by Lil Wayne. This book was released on 2016-10-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Transfixing…[Wayne’s] prison diary is, above all, a testament to the irrepressibility of his charisma—his is a force that can never go dormant, even when it’s not plainly on display.” –The New Yorker From rap superstar Lil Wayne comes Gone ’Til November, a deeply personal and revealing account of his time spent incarcerated on Rikers Island for eight months in 2010. In 2010, recording artist Lil Wayne was at the height of his career. A fixture in the rap game for more than a decade, Lil Wayne (aka Weezy) had established himself as both a prolific musician and a savvy businessman, smashing long-held industry records, winning multiple Grammy Awards, and signing up-and-coming talent like Drake and Nicki Minaj to his Young Money label. All of this momentum came to a halt when he was convicted of possession of a firearm and sentenced to a yearlong stay at Rikers Island. Suddenly, the artist at the top of his game was now an inmate at the mercy of the American penal system. At long last, Gone ’Til November reveals the true story of what really happened while Wayne was behind bars, exploring everything from his daily rituals to his interactions with other inmates to how he was able to keep himself motivated and grateful. Taken directly from Wayne’s own journal, this intimate, personal account of his incarceration is an utterly humane look at the man behind the artist.

Justify My Thug

2013-02-26 Fiction
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Release : 2013-02-26
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 458/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Justify My Thug by : Wahida Clark

Download or read book Justify My Thug written by Wahida Clark. This book was released on 2013-02-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justify My Thug is a story of intersecting lives, featuring familiar characters from Wahida Clark's Thug series. Trae and Tasha Macklin's marriage is on thin ice. Jaz and Faheem were living the American Dream until a haunting part of their past threatens their marriage, and ultimately their lives. In the meantime, Marvin is trapped in a living nightmare desperately trying to escape the mistakes of his thug past. Back in New York, Kaylin has to face the toughest decision of his life, while his girl Angel has to answer for herself as well.

Bounce

2012 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2012
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 369/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Bounce by : Matt Miller

Download or read book Bounce written by Matt Miller. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the twentieth century, African Americans in New Orleans helped define the genres of jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, and funk. In recent decades, younger generations of New Orleanians have created a rich and dynamic local rap scene, which has revolved around a dance-oriented style called "bounce." Hip-hop has been the latest conduit for a "New Orleans sound" that lies at the heart of many of the city's best-known contributions to earlier popular music genres. Bounce, while globally connected and constantly evolving, reflects an enduring cultural continuity that reaches back and builds on the city's rich musical and cultural traditions. In this book, the popular music scholar and filmmaker Matt Miller explores the ways in which participants in New Orleans's hip-hop scene have collectively established, contested, and revised a distinctive style of rap that exists at the intersection of deeply rooted vernacular music traditions and the modern, globalized economy of commercial popular music. Like other forms of grassroots expressive culture in the city, New Orleans rap is a site of intense aesthetic and economic competition that reflects the creativity and resilience of the city's poor and working-class African Americans.

Get It Girls

2012-02-07 Fiction
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Release : 2012-02-07
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 245/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Get It Girls by : Treasure Blue

Download or read book Get It Girls written by Treasure Blue. This book was released on 2012-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being released from prison, Jessica Jones returns to Harlem to find that crack dealers have taken over and starts a fight to reclaim the the neighborhood.

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