Rhyme pays : Hip-hop and the marketing of cool /

Drawing on interviews with Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def jam Records; Camille Hackney, of Elektra Entertainment Group; Damon Dash, CEO of Foc-a-fella Enterprises; media literacy advocate Debbie Gordon; and numerous Canadian rap artists, this program shows how product placement in lyrics and mus...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Marketplace (Television program).
Corporate Authors: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Callender, Adrian (Producer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2007]
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Summary:Drawing on interviews with Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def jam Records; Camille Hackney, of Elektra Entertainment Group; Damon Dash, CEO of Foc-a-fella Enterprises; media literacy advocate Debbie Gordon; and numerous Canadian rap artists, this program shows how product placement in lyrics and music videos has become big business for rappers and and manufacturers alike.
Item Description:Subtitle from container.
Originally aired on April 6, 2004 on the television program Marketplace.
Originally produced in 2004.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R; widescreen; this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Production Credits:Editors, Aileen McBride, Tim Dashwood ; original music score, Agile.