for many artists, the industry can be more troublesome than triumphant. here to discuss is somebody who has been heavily involved in the music industry for a very long time, yes, rap rehab founder paul porter and he s the author of a new book blackout: 40 years in the music business and good friend and mentor of mine. thank you for being here. good to see you. let s talk about this. blackout is a new book, lots of people posted on social media about it. the idea of sort of celebrating black music often negates the difficulty. blackout, when i decided to do the book, we lost so much over the years, music was my passion growing up right in jamaica queens. i learned a lot from music. and now we have went from lyricists to the lyric we challenge, and some of the problems, corporate, and corporations want quick fixes, the big days of music bands are
there s month to black music than white house designations, this can be more troublesome than triumphant. here to discuss is somebody heavily involved in the music industry for a very long time. re rap rehab founder paul porter, new author of blackout. good friend and mentor of mine. good to see you. let s talk about this blackout is a new book, people posting on social media about it, the idea of celebrating black music does negate the difficulty black artists face in navigating it. when i decided to do the book, we ve lost so much over the years. music was my passion growing up, right in jamaican queens and i learned a lot from music, we went from lyricists to the lyrically challenged and some of the problems is corporate and corporations want quick fixes,