Power Play Within Hip-Hop:
Artist vs. Record Label
By Kaitlin Silkowitz
K’naan
 "The African Way" (The Dusty Foot on the Road)
 "Strugglin" (The Dusty Foot on the Road)
 “Troubadour’s wandering sound often has
as much in common with hip-hop as a
square dance party in a Iowa retirement
home”
 "Bang Bang" (Troubadour)
 "People Like Me" (Troubadour)
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K’naan: Twitter
 “Hmm a sudden influx of Black People
in America listening to my music?”
 Difference between Africans and African Americans?
 Hip-hop stereotype
 Statement about class
 More guest stars give commercial value to Troubadour
 “Parental Advisory”
MC Jin
 Freestyle Friday: BET’s “106 & Park:”
 Jin vs. Sterling
 Signed to Ruff Ryders:
 "Learn Chinese" (2003)
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Ya’ll Gonna Learn Chinese
 “This one goes out to
those that order four
chicken wings, And
pork fried rice and
throw dice, In the hood,
you think this is all
good?”
 “I ain't ya 50 Cent, I
ain't ya Eminem,
I
ain't ya Jigga Man, I'm
a Chinaman.”
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