Comments on: About You, Now. http://www.marathonpacks.com/2008/06/about-you-now/ someone warn the plains! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:04:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: douglas martin http://www.marathonpacks.com/2008/06/about-you-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1980 douglas martin Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://174.132.200.226/~marathon/mpax/2008/06/about-you-now.html#comment-1980 great point, eric. <br/><br/>i'm not sure if hov is the first, but i believe he's certainly the world's foremost artist-as-brand ideal. <br/><br/>in addition to remaking <i>american gangster</i> in audio format, let's not forget that he was probably the first recording artist to ever have a successful clothing line (like, <i>really</i> successful) and the first rapper to his own sneaker. and unlike, say, 50 cent, his credibility as an artist never suffered as his business ventures grew. <br/><br/>he is a hustler, baby, he'll sell water to a well. great point, eric.

i’m not sure if hov is the first, but i believe he’s certainly the world’s foremost artist-as-brand ideal.

in addition to remaking american gangster in audio format, let’s not forget that he was probably the first recording artist to ever have a successful clothing line (like, really successful) and the first rapper to his own sneaker. and unlike, say, 50 cent, his credibility as an artist never suffered as his business ventures grew.

he is a hustler, baby, he’ll sell water to a well.

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