Jerry Heller (1940–2016)
Auteur de Ruthless: A Memoir
A propos de l'auteur
Gerald Heller was born on October 6, 1940. He served in the Army and received a business degree from the University of Southern California. He started his music career in the 1960s as an agent and promoter. In 1987, he and Eric Wright, the rapper known as Eazy-E, founded Ruthless Records. A year afficher plus later, the label released Straight Outta Compton, the debut album by the rap group N.W.A. With this and other albums, Heller promoted gangsta rap to a mainstream audience. In 2006, he wrote an autobiography entitled Ruthless with Gil Reavill. He died of a heart attack on September 2, 2016 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Jerry Heller
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Heller, Gerald Elliot
- Date de naissance
- 1940-10-06
- Date de décès
- 2016-09-02
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Thousand Oaks, California, USA
- Études
- University of Southern California (BS|Business|1963)
- Professions
- music management
- Relations
- NWA (manager)
Membres
Critiques
Ruthless: A Memoir par Jerry Heller
A great account of the dayz of wayback when the world's most dangerous band, NWA, hit the bricks and twisted people's minds around. Jerry Heller was their rep and he gives cool portraits of Eazy E, Dre, Suge Knight and others. A quick read and a must for anyone who is interested in the history of how the sound developed.
This is the work of a man who wants to legitimize his place in the world of rap music or, better yet, attempts to make money off the legitimacy of others. As long as suckers like me pay money for this book he'll be successful at this scheme.
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 16
- Popularité
- #679,947
- Évaluation
- 2.9
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 3