Cosmo Baker’s Book Club: The Big Payback

Remedy215 & 48 Record Bar Present Cosmo Baker’s Book Club Session 012: Dan Charnas “The Big Payback” With author Dan Charnas In discussion with Cosmo Baker Please join us for an intimate discussion between Dan Charnas, critically acclaimed author of the landmark book “The Big Payback”, and legendary Philadelphia impresario Cosmo Baker. How did street music from the South Bronx and Harlem evolve over forty years into a multibillion dollar global industry? It wasn’t an accident. In The Big Payback, Dan Charnas chronicles the history of the hip-hop industry through its key players - hungry hustlers, innovative entrepreneurs, visionary handlers, and shrewd executives who had the business acumen to take the music of a marginal urban subculture and transform it into a mainstream phenomenon. Spanning an epic forty years - 1968 to 2008 - from the early long-shot success of Sugar Hill Records and Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five to Run DMC’s crossover breakthrough on MTV to the marketing of gangsta rap and the rise of stars like Jay-Z, who heads multimillion-dollar businesses, The Big Payback is a raw, real blow-by-blow tale of how hip-hop records got made and marketed, how the deals were done, and who won and lost in this epic struggle. Please note there is a two drink minimum in the showroom.