Sylvia was the real deal and Def Jam was monumental and still standing today.
i should've been more nuanced in my original post. it should have read:
the South (and West) were the first street nikkas/hustlers/rappers turned CEOs to get to the real money in rap by maintaining autonomy/ownership and not being in bed with a bunch of Jews.
someone's gonna say "b-b-but Eazy and Jerry," and you always need a Jew to sign the big checks but you catch my drift.
nikkas like J. Prince, Birdman, and Master P held on to their masters from the jump aaand those cacs still had to break bread (especially in NL and CMR's case).
meanwhile their more educated NY counterparts Bad Boy, Rocafella, Murder Inc, etc gave up half of their company and/or their masters off rip.
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