by G. Alexander Jenkins, Esq. MUST BE THE MUSIC: Part I is a series of funny, serious, and sometimes tragic vignettes, all relayed from an engaging and forthright first-person narrative, which chronicles the author’s coming of age from the dawn of hip hop music to the early nineties. From an all-white hamlet of Valley Stream, Long Island to the barber shop, church, park, Oak Bluffs, Princeton University, and Columbia Law School, even to becoming the General Manager of Uptown/MCA, one of the most successful independent urban contemporary labels in history, the author’s life has been shaped, defined, and enhanced by urban contemporary music: hip hop or R&B. MUST BE THE MUSIC: Part I boasts a star-studded cast as the author recounts personal encounters with Halle Berry, Mary J. Blige, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Star Jones, RUN-DMC, the Awesome Two, Christopher Williams, and many more. This book is a must read not only for fans of urban contemporary music and members of the hip hop community, but also for those seeking a broader understanding of hip hop culture and its profound impact on the world around us. ABOUT THE AUTHOR G. Alexander Jenkins, Esq. is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School. He now heads the entertainment law department at The Law Offices of Richard A. Roberts, Esq., a law firm based in Mount Vernon, New York. He specializes in brokering major label distribution deals for independent production companies; he also drafts and negotiates agreements for recording, management, publishing, sychronization, and merchandising. Jenkins is also the CEO of Divine Intermedia Group, LLC., an urban marketing firm, and the COO of Dirty Down Records, a Tampa, Florida based independent record label that recently released the RIAA certified gold album Thug Misses by Khia. Jenkins also served as the General Manager of Uptown/MCA, which generated over 100 million dollars in revenue and boasted such stars as Puff Daddy, Notorious B.I.G., Heavy D, Father MC, Mary J. Blige, and many more. Jenkins is available for seminars, tutorials, and speaking engagements. He can be reached by email at recordman4life@aol.com. (2005, paperback, 154 pages) |