Now that Hip-Hop is a multi-billion dollar business, Is the presence of “Beef” necessary or good for the business of Hip-Hop? Entertainment industry executives examine conflict within Hip-Hop while providing creative and professional direction to assist entrepreneurs and recording artist with obtaining their goals.
Panelist include
Bigga Rankin (VP & A&R Young Jeezy’s CTE Records)
Every great army must have a leader. For the southern Rap movement, Bigga Rankin sits at the head of the round table. A destiny which has taken over two decades to manifest, Bigga Rankin is one of the most decorated record breakers in the music industry.
Every great army must have a leader. For the southern Rap movement, Bigga Rankin sits at the head of the round table. A destiny which has taken over two decades to manifest, Bigga Rankin is one of the most decorated record breakers in the music industry. Peter Bailey - Journalist, Author of Trick Daddy’s Book
Peter Bailey is the co-author of Miami hip hop legend Trick Daddy’s memoir, Magic City: Trials of a Native Son, to be published by MTV/Pocket Books in spring 2010. Before that Bailey worked as a staff writer for the Miami Herald covering pop culture and urban affairs. In 2008 he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative writing. His ongoing series, On the Margins, won multiple awards in 2006 from the Society of Professional Journalists. He also won for best criminal law reporting for the series, Dying Young, detailing black on black violence.He was also awarded “best enterprising reporting” by the National Association of Black Journalists for a series on incarcerated kids, Shackled Education.
Young Breed of Carol City Cartel – Maybach Music Group/Def Jam Records
The city of Miami is synonymous with some of the biggest superstars to bless the rap game today: Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Flo Rida, Pitbull, and a bevy of other talent. From this mold rises a young rapper who is ready to claim a spot alongside Miami-Dade County’s top stars. Young Breed, born and raised in Miami’s inner-city neighborhood Carol City - in a subsection known as Uptown. A signee of Rick Ross’s Maybach Music label imprint, and the latest member of Def Jam super-group Triple C’s (Carol City Cartel), Young Breed is poised to showcase his talent to the masses.
