The Business of Hip Hop Symposium

On Monday October 5, 2009 in the Berklee Performance Center at 7:00PM, The Music Business/Management Department  at Berklee College of Music is hosting THE BUSINESS OF HIP-HOP SYMPOSIUM: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Business - Mentoring Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs

The Symposium, the third presented by the Department, will open discussions about business models, best practices, innovation, and entrepreneurial leadership as they pertain to the Music Industry. While focused on Urban music predominantly, The Symposium will provide relevant insight that pertains to applications across genres. This will be presented as an interactive dialog among top-level senior executives and producers including:

Universal/Motown Executive Vice Presidents CARLOS "TONE CAPONE" ACOSTA and SHANTI DAS

JAMES "BIG HAWK" HAWKINS (whose worked with MCA, Interscope, Def Jam, Warner Brothers, and more)

Former EMI, BMG, Jive, and PolyGram Urban marketing executive MIKE TRAMMEL '96 of High School Jamz

THEMBISA MSHAKA, Author: Handle Your (Entertainment) Business, whose award-winning credits include Sony Music, Lauryn Hill, Will Smith, Beyonce, Wyclef Jean, Nas, Maxwell, George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Bow Wow, Jill Scott, and Babyface, plus numerous national media outlets

Multi-GRAMMY® winner and Music Production and Engineering faculty member PRINCE CHARLES ALEXANDER, formerly of Bad Boy and Virgin Records

DAWAUN PARKER '04 of Aftermath (Dr. Dre's label)

The event will open with a special performance by students from The Berklee J. Dilla Ensembles, directed by faculty member BRIAN "RAYDAR" ELLIS, '06!

Presented by: The Music Business/Management Department
Sponsored by: The Office of the President, The Professional Education Division, The Office for Cultural Diversity, and The Office of Faculty Development  with support from the Office of Experiential Learning and the Career Development Center