I m, 2 , vice
i development
il delp i Intern tion 1
ecord , ur ed BI c youth to
ri e up nd eize their cultur I
heri t e in order to pre erve nd
uplift t r ceo
H qq, formerly nown
True athem tic of Ho rd
Unive ity, told the Final Call
th t there are countle career
opportunitie in the entert in­
ment indu try.
Haqq aid that the goal of hi
fir t nnu I Hip-Hop Al it
Cros roads: Seizing The Cul­
tural Initiative conference held
t How rd University' Bl ck­
burn Center w (0 educ te
young Black America about the
mu ic industry' numerous "do
for elf" opportunitie .
HE OTED TH T major hip
hop cts Ii e Dou E. Fre h, the
Original Human Beat Box, need
• Black ccountants and lawyers,
well dmini trative techni-
I cal upport personnel for their
· en tert inment bu Ine ac­
t tivitie.
"Doug E. Fresh" he explained,
, "h got good idea on things.
Doug E. need a Blac ac-
I count nt. He needs Black
I lawyer.
"I wanted them [the tudents]
, to see that there are oppor­
I tunitie for them to create for
them elves and that was the idea
of the conference ... through your
culture you can make money,"
Haqq explained.
Haqq, who ha dedicated his
life to the Black revolution,
de cribed hi adnes at trend in
th . c busine 'be nd-tbe-
rporate e. "It's
sad sight when you see [a
Black] arti t making millions of '
dollars i th a whi te manager, a
"It' a ad sight when you
ee [a lack] a ·
making million of dollar,
with a white manag r, a
white lawyer whit
accountant ..... everybody
[else] is seriou about
our culture but u and
that's bad. "
Mini ter Farra han, i the pre i­
dent and chief exe utive officer
of bi own management com­
pany, TransAtlantic Cro sing
Aru ts Management.
He went to Blac mu ic
legend enny G mble in 1989
with the intention of obtaining
office space at the world
renowned Phil delphia Interna­
tional Records headquarter in
the City of Brotherly Love.
BRO. GAMBLE offered Bro.
Haqq the position of vice presi­
dent f-9r music deve lopment.
Haqq accepted, and he bas as­
sembled an impressive, cadre of
talent under his auspices.
HIP HOP artists he has
developed include Two King &
Cipher. In June or July, RCA
Bahia Records will release the
group's firs t CD, From the
Pyramids to the Projects. The
lead single recording, "Movin'
On • Em H enjoyed wide air play
on Donnie Simpson's Video Soul
how_on Black ntertainment
Te leviston as well as Mike
Elliott's KrushRap syndicated
TV sbow.
Haqq also is producing
bdul H qq I am
The R & B group, Color
Prefect, i working on their
project for PI and will relea e
their recording Iter thi ye r.
Haqq ay nother rea on for
having the conference w to
di cover new t lent. Indeed,
many Howard Law School tu­
dent ttended ee ing future
client. .,.J
The two-da y Howard con­
ference, with a daily attendance
of 1,000 paying patron from in­
side and outside the music in­
dustry, was a tremendous
success, Bro. Haqq said.
HE ASSEMBLED some of
the industry's finest corporate
talent like Sis. Sharon Heyward
of Virgin Records. "I wanted
them [the students] to see Sharon
Heyward, vice president of Vir­
gin Records, who is a good sister
who's in charge of millions of
dollars, [and acts like] Soul to
Soul, Pula Abdul, Ziggy M r­
ley and After 7. "
Haqq, bo e mentor includ
Minister Louis Farrakhan; Mini­
ster Abdul Akbar Muhammad,
the Nation of Islam's African
representati ve; and Howard
ife Ion illne
. ,
claims M.C. Trouble
"Ho rd," H qq di clo ed,
"pre ented a very c rin and nur­
turin environment th t I h d
never e perienced before."
CURRENTLY, Bro. I lam i
under the direct tutela e of Bro.
Kenny G mble. "I Ie rned 0
much bout life, I I and the
music bu ine bee u e he' one
of the gre ts, nd I feel ble ed
th t he too me under hi wing
nd taught me the mu Ic busine
Motown Records i saddened to
announce the untimely de th of rap
artist MC TROUBLE. TROUBLE,
who e given name w LaT ASHA
ROGERS, w pronounced dead
Tue d y, June 4, 1991 at ap­
proximately 5 :45PM 1..0 Angeles
time at Kel er Ho pita! in Westlake,
• California of an apparent epileptic
seizure that stopped her heart.
Trouble w born with epllep y and
had to take medication every day of
her life.
Trouble's debut album "Gona
Get A Grip" roc eted her national' ,
attention. She became a favorite of
rap audience around the country
and was frequently featured in the
page of Teenzines and on national
shows such as Soul Train, Party
Machine and the Rick Dees show.
MC Trouble's manager, Charles
Rogers, who was devastated by the
news says, "Trouble had just begun
to record her second album for
Motown, which looked as though it
would be a hallmark of her career."
Steve McKeever, Motown's
Senior V.P. and General Manager
says of Trouble, "She was an artist
whose talent was exceeded only by
her heart; she was at the beginning of
an exceptional album which would
have been a landmark in her career."
Jheryl Busby, President and
C.E.O.ofMotownsay , "As we look
for God's message in Trouble's life,
we see one of courage, one of
strength and one of conviction. As
President of a young company I
learned from her enthusiasm and
, self-determination. She set an ex­
ample for the rest of the young talent
and for the whole company."
MC Trouble, who was n only
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•
IS
:What is a producer?
Well here we go with one of
tho e hard questions again. I
have met and collaborated with
many individuals in the enter­
tainment business and I have
heard all sorts of definitions, 0
when I get one of these foggy
concepts I always do a little re­
search.
First of all the producer as
defined in the good old book of
Webster is a person who finan­
ce or upervi e the production
of a stage or screen production,
or a radio or television p�ogram.
Also audio or video recordings.
Sometimes a producer may
even wear many different hat s,
especially in our day and age. A
producer can finance and super­
vise a production completely on
hi own from beginning to end.
He or he may participate in the
proce of wri ti ng the ong
playing the in trument or sing­
ing s , and even in ome case per­
forming the technical processe
too. But basically the producer
is in charge of managing all per-
on involved. '
Some producer finance their
own project and some are pon-
"0 " continued, "
lot of m Ic ind try conferen­
ce ta e pI ce t hotel , but at
Howard University, I'm trying to
promote an tmo phere of
erio ne nd chola hip be-
cau e more often th n not,
everybody [e! e] i erlous about
..
child, is survived by her parents and ' release a more detailed statement p
grandmother. An autopsy was per- soon as further information is avail-
formed and the Motown office will able. •
a
Producer?
sored by entertainment oriented
corporations which hire them to
see a specific project through by
hirlng and managing all of the
necessary professionals that are
involved.
WHEN THE PROJECT is
finished a nd po 1 is hed,. the
producer seeks out a means of
mass production and distribu­
tions. Either he takes hi product
to an entertainment organization, '
that has the appropiate
reproduction and distribution
capabilities (to land a deal) or
this producer finances it him­
self.
In some cases the entertain­
ment organization ha this pre­
arranged and will already have
an arrangement set for reproduc­
tion and di tribution.
In summary, anyone that' in­
terested in being a producer
must have the capacity to com­
municate effectively with all
types of different profession.
He/She mu t have an under­
standing about each person
skills and talent , and must al 0
be able to articulate the de ired
re ults properly. Becau e of the
,
MUSIC
MATTERS
WIIII,m .
L
high quality equipment being
available to the general public,
the possibilty of an arti t or just
about anybody with an under­
standing of mu ic can become a
very competent producer.
Finally, the producer mu t
network and e tablish relation
with conducive people nd
oraganization for purpo es of
marketing 'his product.
I hope that thi bit of informa­
tion help you in enhanching
your entertainment career, and
remember to keep the vision and
orne day your dream will come
tr�e in.:. "MUSIC MATTERS"!'
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