Category Archives: Hip-Hop Business

Recognize ME

October 14, 2008 – 10:34 am

This clip was sent to me by activist-oriented, public relations/marketing agency, Akila Worksongs. They do pr for accomplished documentary filmmaker, Byron Hurt, who generated a lot publicity around his critically acclaimed film, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes, which examined representations of gender roles in rap music.
Beyond Beats & Rhymes was not some one-time, social filmmaking [...]

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401K Apocalypse?

October 6, 2008 – 11:12 am

I just read an article that says the financial turmoil has wreaked havoc on workers’ 401K plans. I say…”tough.” First of all, my plan has fluctuated +/-1% each day over the last few days, and would have probably been up if my own company stock was performing better over the last year. I [...]

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Phiscal Matters & Allhiphop – Political Loungin’

October 3, 2008 – 4:04 pm

Phiscal Matters was one of the few media outlets covering the historic meeting of minds at Allhiphop.com’s Social Lounge event, that took place this past September at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ. Though we were unable to feature the insightful commentary around the issues of the 2008 Presidential Campaign, the Wall [...]

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Custom Change, Part 2

October 3, 2008 – 12:11 am

Here’s the conclusion of the interview Phiscal Matters had with the designer of the famous Obama sneaker, Van Taylor Monroe.
Phiscal Matters: So have you heard from another customizer in the business about your work? Has cats tried to holla at you?
Van Taylor: The funny thing about customizers is that a lot of them don’t [...]

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Custom Change

October 1, 2008 – 1:17 pm

In any major metropolitan city across the U.S. and abroad, you see them – probably on a daily basis. You know those new breed of young fashion consumers – hipster men and women, inspired by hip-hop – who make up the “in-crowd” of apparel trendsetters that must have the latest wears. They’re not hard to [...]

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