By Will Gore
I like to think I have a fairly eclectic taste in music. Thomas
Tallis competes for attention with They Might be Giants on my
near-obsolete iPod.
However, I must admit I have never come across the
Chicago-based artiste known as Chance The Rapper. I assumed in fact that
Chance must be a stage name, but as it happens his real name is
Chancelor. And sure enough, just like our own Philip Hammond, he seems
to know a thing or two about business.
Last night he took the opportunity to announce his purchase of a local news website, the Chicagoist;
doing so – as only a media owner who is also a rapper could – in the
form of a catchy song, called “I might need your security”. In the ditty
he explains forcefully how “I bought the Chicagoist just to
run you racist bitches outta business”. Not the usual motivation for a
merger or an acquisition, but who’s to say it’s not a good one.
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Source: The Independent
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