Bill Stephney's guest appearances

Bill Stephney

Q with Tom Power

The Cipher

Thought Hack

Robert Glasper

Saul Williams

Dan Charnas

Sophia Chang

Quentin Tarantino

Shea Serrano

Lukas Nelson

Steve Earle

Sheryl Crow

Ang Lee

Maya V

Louie Anderson

Janelle Monáe

Thomas Middleditch

Tia Carrere

OwlTail

We Are Honored This Week To Sit Down &amp; Speak To Bill Stephney. Bill Stephney Is The Principal Executive For Broad Market Media, A Production &amp; Strategic Consulting Firm. More Impressive, Stephney previously Served As The The First President Of The First Real Hip-Hop Label, Def Jam Recordings. He Has Produced Music Artists Ranging From Rock-And-Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Public Enemy To Singer-Actress Vanessa Williams. He Has Also Supervised Music Production For Successful Films Such As “Boomerang,” “Be Be’s Kids,” “CB4,” “Clockers” and “Shaft.” Bill Sits Down To Talk About being The First President Of Def Jam, Pros &amp; Cons Of That Era, Working With &amp; Producing For Public Enemy, Financial Literacy For Artists &amp; Working With And Around Greats Like Spike Lee &amp; Chris Rock Before The Fame. Thought Hack Is Powered By Catalyst Case

We Are Honored This Week To Sit Down &amp; Speak To Bill Stephney. Bill Stephney Is The Principal Executive For Broad Market Media, A Production &amp; Strategic Consulting Firm. More Impressive, Stephney previously Served As The The First President Of The First Real Hip-Hop Label, Def Jam Recordings. He Has Produced Music Artists Ranging From Rock-And-Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Public Enemy To Singer-Actress Vanessa Williams. He Has Also Supervised Music Production For Successful Films Such As “Boomerang,” “Be Be’s Kids,” “CB4,” “Clockers” and “Shaft.” Bill Sits Down To Talk About being The First President Of Def Jam, Pros &amp; Cons Of That Era, Working With &amp; Producing For Public Enemy, Financial Literacy For Artists &amp; Working With And Around Greats Like Spike Lee &amp; Chris Rock Before The Fame. Thought Hack Is Powered By Catalyst Case

Ep.18 - BILL STEPHNEY

William Shatner

Jesse Locke

With the release of the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap, former Def Jam Recordings president and Public Enemy co-founder Bill Stephney joins us to look back on hip hop's growth over the last 45 years. For the 25th anniversary of the first Big Shiny Tunes, freelance writer and musician Jesse Locke reflects on the popular Canadian compilation CD over its 13 years and 17 editions. Canadian icon William Shatner opens up about aging, loneliness and what keeps him going at 90.

[Full episode] Bill Stephney, Jesse Locke, William Shatner

Bill Stephney grew up playing in bands, but found his real intro to the music business in college, when he got involved in Adelphi University’s radio station WBAU. He became the music director as well as an on-air personality, overseeing a crew that included a young Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Doctor Dré, and more. Out of those connections, he became a key member of the legendary production collective The Bomb Squad, best-known for their game changing work with Public Enemy.After college, Bill went to work as the first employee of a new record label called Def Jam, co-founded by his longtime friend Russell Simmons. Bill’s job was to get the label’s artists on the radio—something that sounds comparatively simple today, but was bordering on impossible back in 1985.After his time at Def Jam, Bill went on to found two record labels, produce albums for comedy legend Paul Mooney, act as music supervisor for movies like CB4 and Boomerang, and even partner with Chris Rock on a humor newspaper.See http://theciphershow.com/episode/195/ for full show notes and comments.

Bill Stephney grew up playing in bands, but found his real intro to the music business in college, when he got involved in Adelphi University’s radio station WBAU. He became the music director as well as an on-air personality, overseeing a crew that included a young Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Doctor Dré, and more. Out of those connections, he became a key member of the legendary production collective The Bomb Squad, best-known for their game changing work with Public Enemy.After college, Bill went to work as the first employee of a new record label called Def Jam, co-founded by his longtime friend Russell Simmons. Bill’s job was to get the label’s artists on the radio—something that sounds comparatively simple today, but was bordering on impossible back in 1985.After his time at Def Jam, Bill went on to found two record labels, produce albums for comedy legend Paul Mooney, act as music supervisor for movies like CB4 and Boomerang, and even partner with Chris Rock on a humor newspaper.See <a href="http://theciphershow.com/episode/195/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theciphershow.com/episode/195/</a> for full show notes and comments.

195: Bill Stephney