The Big Payback

“There has never been a better book about hip-hop…a record-biz portrait that jumps off the page.”— A.V. Club The perfect read for music lovers and business aficionados alike, The Big Payback reveals t he secret histories of the early long-shot successes of Sugar Hill Records and Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC’s crossover breakthrough on MTV, the marketing of gangsta rap, and the rise of artist/entrepreneurs like Jay-Z. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE VH1 SERIES THE BREAKS The Big Payback takes readers from