Is Africa the next throne of hip-hop?

By TheGrio Staff

·May 20, 2010

Africa is more on the mind of all of us in the West, contact and travel is more frequent, and greater familiarity exists with some aspects of the cultural and political realities on the ground there...

From AllHipHop.com:

I’ve mentioned this story before because it was one of those experiences that always stays with you. In December 2009, I wrote the following in a column at AllHipHop.com:

“In 1996, while serving as GM of Wu-Tang Management, I participated in a private meeting with executives from RCA Records. At a certain point they brought out our sales figures from around the world. It only included totals from the Americas, Europe and Asia.

So I asked them, ‘What are our sales figures in Africa?’

After waiting a while they returned to the room with a new printout with Africa added to the list. The grand total, according to them, for the sale of ‘Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ in Africa, a continent of nearly 1 billion people was 73 units sold.

I will never forget how I felt when I saw the number ‘73? on the paper. One day, in this column, I intend to share what I thought was the real cause of, or story behind the ‘73.’

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