It was only after the new guard, like Sugar Hill Records, started seeking, sourcing and surrounding themselves with raw, talented innovators did they find and bank those new beats. Sugar Hill is an expert in New York City multi-family with deep market knowledge that enables us to source and execute on opportunities across the capital stack. "https:" : "http:") + '//www.zergnet.com/zerg.js?id=66292'; Bylined is only one of Hunegnaw’s entrepreneurial forays. Hunegnaw: A few months ago, I was asked to be part of pitch competition for students.

Sugar Hill Capital Partners is a New York City based real estate investment and operations firm focused on debt and equity primarily in the greater New York Metropolitan Area. In the late sixties, Barry Poss came to the United States from Canada with a fellowship, a student visa, and a plan to obtain a doctorate in sociology from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She is called the mother of Hip-Hop. Exclusive Feature: Kyle LaLone – ‘Honky Tonk Stage’, Buck Owens’ A Merry ‘Hee Haw’ To Be Released, William Elliott Whitmore New Album Coming This Fall, Americana Music Association Announces Streaming ‘Thriving Roots’ Conference, Twang Nation – The Best In Americana Music. Known as the first hip hop label, Sugar Hill produced hits including The Sugarhill Gang's “Rapper’s Delight, an Robinson was best known for her work as founder/CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records.

90s R&B enthusiast with a bad habit of doing my makeup to trap music. … We’re devastated,” his brother said. In 1979, on a tip from his friend Warren Moore, the younger Robinson headed down to the New Jersey pizza parlor where Henry “Big Bank Hank” Jackson was making pies. She was the founder of Sugar Hill Records. var znscr = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Imagine major retailers like Best Buy and Walmart holding weekly in-store pitch competitions for their retail staff, employees, vendors and customers. What do you tell aspiring entrepreneurs is important? It’s irrationality, unreasonableness. Just like Sugar Hill, we need to be willing to go into places off the beaten path — to seek, source and surround ourselves with the latest and greatest batch of innovative entrepreneurs — beyond the typical pitch competition at a university, innovation lab or tech accelerator. Welk Music Group President Kevin Welk said the company could not have found a better home for the independent record labels. All rights reserved. And most importantly, we need to invest in these innovators. ROUNDER RECORDS is one of the world's most historic Americana and bluegrass record labels. Sugar Hill General Manager Cliff O'Sullivan will be the label group's new CEO and will report to President John Virant. Though Poss didnt know anything about graphic design, he applied for the job anyway, admitting his lack of experience in design but profe… Meaning, the old guard labels were busy following The Beatles and The Beach Boys. These artists include Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Tom O’Brian and Marty Stuart. Every Other Artist Will Be Taking Note, Springfield of Dreams: 150 Best ‘Simpsons’ Episodes, Mötley Crüe on Summer Tour With Def Leppard, Poison: ‘We Missed Being in a Band Together’, Gang Starr’s First Album in 16 Years is a Gift to Old-School Rap Fans. My response was, two key words come to mind. Learn how your comment data is processed. var zergnet = document.createElement('script'); Q: Do we do a good job of inspiring audacity here in Columbus? Joseph Robinson Jr., Sugar Hill Records Exec, Dead at 53 Son of Sugar Hill founders Joe and Sylvia Robinson played pivotal, yet contentious, role in Sugar Hill Gang’s career A film “I Want My Name Back” (may still be showing on Netflix) described how The Sugar Hill Gang felt they had been ripped off by the entire Robinson family after Sylvia allegedly put her own name along with relatives on songs by The Sugar Hill Gang, including her son's names, (who were toddlers at the time) entitling them to lifelong royalties for songs they did not write according to members of the Sugar Hill Gang. Marketing plans focus on the female buyer who manages the purchases, right?

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign up for our newsletter. There a great article on Sugar Hills Records CEO, and recipient of the 2006 Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award, Barry Poss in today’s Wall Street Journnal. "Not only will they care for our historic catalog and distinguished artists, their desire to grow the new artist business was paramount in the decision," Welk said. Founded in 1947, Vanguard Records has carried forward a sterling legacy of artistic excellence and achievement in blues, folk, rock, country and jazz. We send sincere condolences to the Robinson family.

Want more Rolling Stone? And you want that person to want to take the ride with you. What? After coming within one chapter of completing his dissertation, Poss answered a classified ad for a graphic artist placed by a small Virginia-based record label, County Records.