Raekwon: Jay-Z & Kanye Should Drop the Hood Some Cash

At first glance I thought Raekwon's call to Jay-Z and Kanye West to drop 100k in the hood was kind of silly until I realized that totally fits their mythology about getting and spending money.  Especially the Jay-Z American Gangster mythology. … [Read more...]

Each Google Employee Generates $950k in Revenue

I'm not entirely antagonistic to the concept of surplus labor as I would have been in the 80s.  But at the end of this great little list of data bits taken from an Ad Age report on search marketing, we find this: "Google hired 5,000 people in 2006, doubling their workforce, and on average … [Read more...]

11) ProHipHop Adds Hip Hop Penny Stocks Category

Though I try to stop myself from adding new categories at ProHipHop, really, I do, I've decided to add a Hip Hop Penny Stocks category because the over-the-counter, bulletin board, Pink Sheets stocks are getting ready to heat up as the celebrity factor enters the equation. I've been covering such … [Read more...]

Online Money Management 2.0: expensr & Mint

expensr is a "free online personal finance manager" with charts and tools to help you understand how you use money with social network features described by the Download Squad. Mint offers a more complex form of online money management reviewed favorably by The Startup Game. Both are … [Read more...]

As Lil’ Mo Said: HSAN’s Nuggets of Financial Wisdom f/Anthony Hamilton, Rocsi & Jim Jones

I could have gone to Saturday's HSAN Financial Empowerment Summit in Greensboro, NC but I just couldn't make the time.  So I was ecstatic to discover these nuggets of wisdom from a regional news site: As Lil' Mo said, "Everybody wants to make it rain, but they never have something saved up … [Read more...]