Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music
For over a century, Black artists have been exploited by the music industry. This insightful series chronicles their fight for fair pay and justice, featuring stories of music legends from Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith to George Clinton, Smokey Robinson and Ice T.
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For over a century, Black artists have been exploited by the music industry. This insightful series chronicles their fight for fair pay and justice, featuring stories of music legends from Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith to George Clinton, Smokey Robinson and Ice T.
Black artists have fought for fair pay and ownership of their songs since the 1920s, including Louis Armstrong, Nina...
Black-owned labels like Motown, Stax and Def Jam shaped the musical landscape and confronted injustice in the music...
Streaming changed everything, but the economics are still bad for most Black recording artists. What does it take to get...