UDavid Mays Ekupheleni kuka-1997, Umthombo Iphephancwadi libhiyozela ukukhutshwa komxholo wayo we-100 kunye ne-bash enkulu kwiHammerstein Ballroom. Ixesha le-Hip hop lokugqithisa laliphezulu kubude bayo. Wonke umntu wayefumana imali kwaye eyibonisa. Nditsho neentatheli. Phambi kwepati, uDave Mays, umseki kunye nomnini-ndawo Umthombo , esasaza iimallall ezifakwe yidayimani ebhalwe uphawu lwenkampani kumalungu ali-10 abasebenzi. Kamva bavavanywa kwi- $ 7,000.
Umbutho ubuyimpumelelo kaMnu Mays. Kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo, Umthombo Ukuphindaphindwa kwemijikelezo-yaphinda-phinda kwakhona. Inkampani yandile yaba ngumabonakude, yasungula irekhodi yerekhodi, kwaye yaqala ukuvelisa amabhaso. Amaxesha ayelungile.
Ndiphoswe ziintsuku zozuko ze Umthombo . Ndafakwa kwisebe lomculo ngo-2002 kwaye ekugqibeleni ndaba ngumbhali wabasebenzi. Kodwa ngaphandle kwexesha endabelana ngalo ngokungathandabuzekiyo noMnu Mays ngexesha lokucinywa kuka-Agasti 2003, khange sincokole kakhulu. Ndalishiya iphephancwadi ekuqaleni kuka-2005. Ngaphantsi konyaka, uMnu. Mays kunye neqabane lakhe elishishinayo, uRaymond Scott, umrepha waseBoston ogama linguBenzino, nabo babekho.
Idangatye lalikhawuleze kakhulu. Umnumzana Mays kunye noMnumzana Scott bamangalelwa ngesityholo sokuhlukunyezwa ngokwesondo ngowayesakuba ngumhleli oyintloko u-Kim Osorio, kwaye uMnu. (Kamva wafunyanwa engenatyala lokwehluleka ukufaka ifayile; ijaji yalahla ucalucalulo luka-Ms Osorio kunye nezikhalazo zesincwaso kodwa wafumanisa ukuba upheliswe ngokungafanelekanga. Kuthiwa wanikwa i-7.5 yezigidi zeedola.)
Amaqabane abhalwa ikakhulu lishishini lokupapasha kunye noluntu lwehip hop. Yayindim kunye noRay ku-fucking raft elwandle sisodwa ngookrebe bebaleka, utshilo uMnu Mays.
Abantu babecinga ukuba sizokungcwatywa, wongeze watsho uMnu. Kodwa siziva ngathi singabuyisa umva logama nje sinamathele kunye.
Ngobusuku obunye ngo-Matshi 2006, uDave Mays wayelele ekhayeni lakhe eNew Jersey xa wafumana umnxeba ovela kuMnumzana Scott. Bebekhe bakhaba bejikeleza izimvo zokuqalisa, kwaye uMnu Scott wayenomzuzu we-eureka. Uthe, ‘Ndiyifumene! UMnu Mays ukhumbule. Kwaye waqhekeza ukuba zazinjani zonke ezi magazini zabantu abadumileyo Ngeveki kwaye Bantu, kwaye bonke baphumelela kodwa bonke babonisa iqela elifanayo labantu: ngokusisiseko, abadumileyo abamhlophe. Kwakukho into engekho emarikeni.
Iphephancwadi labo elitsha laliza kuphuma kabini ngenyanga. Siye saqonda ukuba iphephancwadi lenyanga luphela luhlobo oluswelekayo, utshilo uMnu. Ndiqinisekile ukuba ungayenza imagazini yokuthunga yanyanga zonke kodwa ngehip hop, kukho ikaka eyenzekayo yonke imihla, yesibini neyure.
Bayithiya igama I-Hip Hop ngeveki kwaye yaqala ngokuzolileyo ukupapasha ngasekupheleni kuka-2006. Kwakungekho mnyhadala wobunewunewu, kwaye umsebenzi wawuqhuba ngesicathulo. Nangona Umthombo kubude bayo babenabasebenzi abasisigxina abangama-80 abasebenza kwiiofisi ezingama-20,000 ezikwere zeenyawo ePark Avenue South, I-Hip Hop ngeveki usebenza kwiofisi encinci eMiami kwaye ukhutshelwa ngaphandle ngabasebenzi abasebenza ngokungesosigxina abali-10 ikakhulu abasebenza ekhaya. Iwebhsayithi iqhutywa lixesha elinye. Amahlumela efoto anqabile.
Indlela ibonakala isebenza. Ngokuka Mnu. Mays, iphephancwadi laba nenzuzo ngo-2010 malunga ne- $ 4 yezigidi kwingeniso kunye nokusasazwa kwe-100,000 (inani aliphicothwanga).
Abayeki, utshilo uRussel Simmons, umxhasi wexesha elide. Ukuxabisa kwabo uhlobo lobugcisa kuthembekile. Umdla wabo wehip hop ucacile. Ukunyaniseka kuyathengisa. Amaphepha:1 Mbini 3
