skrippen:
“Taylor Gang signs ‘Juicy J’ to a record deal.” This recent headline shows that Wiz Khalifa means business, literally. We’ve seen this with another rapper/entrepreneur, 50 cent, who shortly after his commercial success formed his own imprint label called G-Unit records. Also like 50, we see Wiz has followed up by forming the Taylor Gang clothing line. We look forward to see what other ventures he will launch. Safe bet that Wiz will soon start climb on those “rich & power” lists.
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Back in October 2009, following a presentation about New Business Models at our 9th Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit, then-FMC Executive Director Ann Chaitovitz and I sat down and tried to list all the possible revenue streams available to musicians and composers. Most musicians would say they make money selling recorded music, playing live shows, or selling merchandise. Those are certainly three important streams, but there are many more. At least two dozen more, in fact. By Kristin Thomson