Never has the connection between those two forces—rap music and commerce—been explored as satisfyingly, or in as much detail, as it is in Dan Charnas’s new landmark account. The Big Payback ...

In Dan Charnas’ 2011 book, “The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop,” hip-hop photographer Monique Bunn ...

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And even four years after the network added Run-DMC's "Rock Box," in 1984, "the channel programmed less than ten rap videos total," as Dan Charnas reports in his book The Big Payback. Culture is ...

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Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and jazz-funk pioneer best known for his song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", has died. He was 84.