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Dr Dre reportedly selling catalog assets

Dr Dre reportedly selling catalog assets

UMG and Shamrock are finalizing the deal Rap mogul Dr. Dre is reportedly selling his catalog assets to Universal Music and Shamrock Holdings for more than $200 million. Billboard reports that both companies are in the final stages of acquiring…

Hip hop has become genre for entrepreneurs

When rap and hip hop exploded onto the music scene in the late 1970s, the first hits included “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang and Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks.” In the 1980s, New York hip hop group Run DMC enjoyed…