For this episode of Beyond The Album Cover I had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Charnas. Mr. Charnas was a writer for The Source, talent scout for Profile and ran the rap department for American Recordings, author of the definitive book on hip hop in the music industry The Big Payback and former personality for Power 106 out in LA He also currently teaching at NYU Tisch School Of The Arts and is a thesis advisor at Columbia University's Graduate School Of Journalism. We discuss his history in the business, The Big Payback, Golden Era Hip-Hop, Regionalism in hip hop, Current state of the music industry and so much more. You can follow Beyond The Album Cover on all streaming platforms(Search for Beyond The Album Cover) and video versions of the podcast interviews are available on my Youtube channel Youtube.com/j85. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the interview!!! Get updated with show news at the Facebook show page at Facebook.com/Beyond The Album Cover
