# Hip Hop star to power broker.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-hop-star-to-power-broker/675983>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 10, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-hop-star-to-power-broker/675983 "2013-12-10T15:15:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-hop-star-to-power-broker/675983/1 "2013-12-10T15:15:46Z")

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How does one make the transition from Hip Hop star to power broker? How did Jay Z do it? Did he take a night course? How big is these guy’s piece of the pie? I am thinking about making the transition.

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**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-hop-star-to-power-broker/675983/2 "2013-12-10T15:41:02Z")

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I recommend reading The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop by Dan Charnas. It’s a great look at the evolution of the hip hop music business, emphasizing the business side of things, not the music side.