Dan Charnas appears in the following:
When Hip Hop Tried to Fight the Power, and Lost
Thursday, September 07, 2023
The Case For Legalizing Sampling
Friday, June 02, 2023
Silenced Samples: How Copyright Laws Infringe on Hip Hop
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
Monday, February 14, 2022
Who Killed Conscious Rap? Find Out on 'The Stakes'
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
To Be Young, Conscious and Rap
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Organizing Like A Chef Makes For Good Habits
Friday, January 02, 2015
The Song That Never Ends: Why Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September' Sustains
Friday, September 19, 2014
For A More Ordered Life, Organize Like A Chef
Monday, August 11, 2014
Will Dr. Dre Be Hip-Hop's First Billionaire?
Friday, May 09, 2014
According to reports, Apple is in talks to buy Beats Electronics LLC, the headphone and streaming music company owned by music legend Dr. Dre. The deal could make Dr. Dre the first billionaire in hip-hop.
Why Don Cornelius Matters
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
The significance of Don Cornelius to American culture — and to the American culture business — is told nowhere more eloquently than in one brief exchange between Cornelius and singer James Brown, a story that Cornelius himself recalls in VH-1's excellent 2010 documentary Soul Train: The Hippest Trip ...
Jay-Z and Kanye West Release Joint Album, 'Watch the Throne'
Monday, August 08, 2011
Year to Remember: 1988
Thursday, June 09, 2011
As Soundcheck gears up for tonight’s Mic Check showcase with rapper Blitz the Ambassador, Queens MC Homeboy Sandman and others, hip hop historian Dan Charnas joins us to discuss hip hop’s golden year: 1988.
The ‘Sgt. Pepper’ of Hip Hop
Monday, April 18, 2011
Long Island-based rap trio De La Soul’s 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, was recently added to the Library of Congress’ national recording registry. We talk about a landmark in hip hop music – and copyright litigation – with Dan Charnas, author of rap-business history The Big Payback, and rapper and producer Von Pea of the Brooklyn-based rap group Tanya Morgan.
The Business Behind The Beats
Thursday, January 06, 2011
The story of hip hop has been told from many angles – but a new book, “The Big Payback,” takes on the history of the multibillion dollar business. Hip hop journalist and industry veteran Dan Charnas chronicles the genre’s four decade history from street to studio to boardroom through many of its key players.
Dan Charnas on the History of Hip Hop as a Business
Thursday, December 09, 2010
It may seem like just yesterday that you first heard The Sugar Hill Gang or Run DMC, but the hip hop business is pushing forty. For many of the years that hip hop has been around, Dan Charnas has been working in the business - as a scout, a promoter, and a journalist. Dan is the author of a new book called “The Big Payback: the History of the Business of Hip Hop.” Charnas walks us through some pivotal moments in the hip hop business, and how those moments have informed our culture and the entertainment industry.