Hip Hop Business News From ProHipHop

>>> Kenny Chesney reminds Kanye West and 50 Cent they have some serious competition on September 11th.

>>> Hip hop startpage Global Grind gets a $4.5 million venture capital round while still in alpha.

>>> Though beef may not be one of the basic elements of hip hop, Beef IV is hear to remind us that it ain’t going away anytime soon.

>>> Forbes finds more ways to capitalize on the fact that famous rappers get rich.

>> Zwinky recruits Lil Mama and Jason Fox for a Zwinky Party commercial.

>>> Jermaine Dupri’s autobiography Young, Rich, and Dangerous, coauthored by Samantha Marshall, is due October 16th.

>>> Lee Resnick promotes music via his Urban Barbershop DVD network.

>>> Ice Cube is releasing a collection of his songs featured in movies on September 4th titled Ice Cube: In The Movies.

>>> Timberland is planning a line of Hyphy boots inspired by the Bay Area’s Hyphy movement.

>>> DrJays.com blog is profiled as an example of
Better Business Through Blogging.

>>> ProHipHop’s Clyde Smith has a panel proposal posted on the SXSW Interactive Panel Picker.

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