Hip Hop Music: Culture & Legacy
Wes Jackson, educator, producer and entrepreneur, takes the audience on a journey through Hip-Hop, starting with the socio-economic conditions that laid the groundwork for Hip-Hop Culture in the 1970s. We discuss the 4 Elements (DJ, MC, B-Boy/B-Girl, Graffiti). And finally, connect the dots between Kanye West and Run-DMC. The more knowledgeable will leave with some thoughts to chew on. Novices will leave with a deeper appreciation for the billion-dollar industry that influences sports, politics, film, TV as well as music.
Wes Jackson is currently the Director of the Business of Creative Enterprises Program and Executive In Residence at Emerson College in Boston, MA. Wes has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and innovator in the music business. His career began producing concerts for Nas, The Roots, The Dave Matthews Band, The Fugees, and A Tribe Called Quest. He then went on to start his own promotions company, Seven Heads Entertainment and helped launch the careers of Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Talib Kweli, El-P (Run The Jewels), Common, and others.
Under Wes’s leadership, Seven Heads then expanded into a boutique independent record label and management company. Music from the Seven Heads Roster was included in HBO’s “The Wire”, the film “Brown Sugar” and scored the theme to “The Boondocks”.
In 2005 Wes founded the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival with the mission to create a world class event to honor Hip-Hop music and culture. The Festival has hosted a range of amazing talent including Jay-Z, Kanye West, De La Soul, and Kendrick Lamar among others.
Wes has spoken at numerous colleges and universities on the history and power of Hip-Hop Culture as well as his life as an entrepreneur. He has taught at the City University of New York and consulted for Jazz At Lincoln Center, MTV, Grammy Camp, and VH1.
Wes earned his B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and his M.A. in Media Studies from The New School. Outside of his work as an educator and business leader, Wes is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and proud father of three beautiful kids with his wife and business partner, Ebonie. Wes serves on the Board of the Brooklyn Public Library and is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the Brooklyn Crescents Lacrosse Club.
Hip Hop Music: Culture & Legacy
Wes Jackson, educator, producer and entrepreneur, takes the audience on a journey through Hip-Hop, starting with the socio-economic conditions that laid the groundwork for Hip-Hop Culture in the 1970s. We discuss the 4 Elements (DJ, MC, B-Boy/B-Girl, Graffiti). And finally, connect the dots between Kanye West and Run-DMC. The more knowledgeable will leave with some thoughts to chew on. Novices will leave with a deeper appreciation for the billion-dollar industry that influences sports, politics, film, TV as well as music.
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