A Ghetto Philosopher Analysis Here’s the part of the music business nobody likes to talk about: people love recovery specialists when the money is missing, but start acting brand new once the money shows up. According to court filings, Artists Rights Enforcement says that Dionne Warwick — either directly or through her legal team — asked multiple companies, including Rhino (Warner Music’s catalog arm), Sony, and the UK’s PPL, to pay her directly instead of paying Artists Righ

The Old War In A New Suit When Don Cornelius turned down Dick Clark’s million-dollar buyout, he did more than protect a TV show. He broke a generational cycle. Because the truth is simple and brutal: America does not have a “culture industry.” America has a Black culture extraction industry. From the plantation to TikTok, from minstrel shows to AI-generated “urban” voices, from Elvis to influencer culture, the formula has never changed: Black creativity. White ownership. Whit