How many black people work for Vice/Noisey/Complex/SPIN/Rolling Stone? (UPDATE :BUZZFEED included)

[Rell Lauren]

you right bro, I didnt understand what you meant back then, but after working for these white folks, i know wassup. sorry bro.

What happened? Share your experience.

 

[Positive Posting]

What happened? Share your experience.

I learned alot bro, it wasn't a totally negative expirience. but white folks slick in how they move.

 

[Positive Posting]

Man fuk Russell Simmons

can you elaborate, no funny shyt, i just wanna learn bro.

 

[Deltron]

add mass appeal, word @AMcV'88

 

[bordeaux]

5 stars. i didnt even know this was goin on. that tidal pic is really. embarrassing. how is it i hadnt even heard of russel simmons def media co till today...3yrs later? i feel like theyre doin something wrong. of course im sure everyone i gonna wanna distance themselves from them now.

 

[Chip Skylark]

When those articles about Tupac being overrated started coming out a lot I was wandering these dudes have to be crazy

R.I.P 2Pac, the most overrated rapper in history




Is Tupac Shakur the most overrated artist ever?


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And that’s a quick google search smh

 

[Unknown Poster]

add mass appeal, word @AMcV'88

That was revealing but not surprising.

 

[Deltron]

yeah, can't say i'm shocked

 

[calh45]

I learned alot bro, it wasn't a totally negative expirience. but white folks slick in how they move.

In your defense it's something you have to experience to understand. Culturally, they're a very duplicitous group of people and we're culturally very inclusive. You learn you can't be cool openly with everyone like that in those environments especially when they coach other black folks to be duplicitous too.

 

[Rell Lauren]

Must read thread

 

[AMcV'88]

is Conde Naste going insane ? not only was the Vogue, Bon Appetit stuff terrible but this is a joke.

Pitchfork Launches Levels, A New Section Devoted to Hip-Hop Music and Culture

Pitchfork is excited to announce the launch of The Ones, our new Instagram account dedicated to our hip-hop discovery series. With artists releasing new music at a fast and furious pace, it’s difficult for any fan to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in you are. That’s why, two years ago, we launched The Ones, a daily post highlighting the day’s essential rap songs. Today, The Ones moves to Instagram to join the conversation on social media and amplify rising artists on a platform where so much of today’s vital discourse takes place.

In addition to our signature daily song post, The Ones Instagram account will feature expanded coverage of the artists, scenes, and culture behind the music. We’ll also delve into hip-hop history, connecting the dots between the past, present, and future of rap.

Follow The Ones here, and keep up to date on our playlists on Pitchfork’s Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud accounts.

they are moving the piece of the website that will get the most traffic from hip-hop fans to an instagram only platform
while I may add they are trying to dress up it as something new and unique. why not just do the IG and keep it on the site ?

the kid Alphonse was doing a great job with it.

 

[mson]

The interview was fine. It was with an old co-worker. But I did not get it. Another mutual friend(female African American) was given the position.

That old co-worker recently wrote a diatribe on FB. That environment seems to have gotten to her

 

[DoubleClutch]

What a surprise. White people are the gate keepers and profiteers of black culture

 

[Ahadi]

Knew this. They are the biggest vultures. They go for a certain “type” of black person. Especially at their events, they make it seem like you’re invading THEIR culture.



Time to put the pressure on em.

 

[Ahadi]

They own the record companies, the cd pressing plants, the vinyl pressing plants, the media companies, the promotion companies, the live music events and festivals, are the majority concert goers and music buyers...they pretty much cornered every market of the game to act otherwise is just a coping mechanism.

Exactly. So when you’re a Black media outlet, they won’t give you access or they’ll give you access, but place you at the end of the carpet.

It’s like you have to prove to them, why you should be accepted in YOUR own culture which is crazy.

I worked at UMG / Def Jam for 2 years and you could see the Musical Chairs being played by the higher ups. One year, one would go to Roc Nation, or move to Sony, all of the cacs knew each other so it was easy access. I wrote this in another post before, but when they hire black ppl, they’ll usually place them in the “street” team position (Doing the ground work, handing out posters, flyers for the album artist, holding signs. There will be a very limited few BM/BW in the office.