Make It Happen: The Hip-Hop Generation Guide To A Success - Hardcover

Liles, Kevin; Marshall, Samantha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743497368 ISBN 13: 9780743497367

Publisher: Atria Books, 2005

Synopsis

An inspirational career guide based on the author's successes in the music industry outlines ten rules for aspiring managers that include finding work that will be loved, forming a strategic plan, and working with people from all walks of life. 75,000 first printing.

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Review

"Inspirational, touching and powerful."

-- Gayle King, "O: The Oprah Magazine"

"ÝLiles'¨ words teem with confidence, faith, conviction and wisdom."

-- "The Dallas Morning News"

"Liles Ýis¨ hard at work spreading the message...Ýof¨ the importance of illuminating new routes out of urban American poverty...Ýby¨ drawing heavily from the world of hip hop for examples of triumph and success."

"-- The New York Times

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"Inspirational, touching and powerful."-- Gayle King, "O: The Oprah Magazine"

""Make It Happen" is a guide for all of you who want to succeed in the music industry -- and in life. Kevin provides the tools he has developed from his experiences and mistakes, and teaches you how to apply them to your own journey."

-- Terry M. Williams, author of "Stay Strong: Simple Life Lessons for Teens", and founder of the Stay Strong Foundation

"Kevin Liles has a timeless, if unexpected, message for the hip-hop generation. Beneath the bling-bling and often obscured by outsized and outrageous personalities, business success still requires vision, focus, discipline and execution. The styles may change, but the basics remain the same."

-- Price M. Cobbs, MD

"As an African-American business leader, a man like Kevin represents to me everything that is right in the African-American entrepreneurship -- visionary, hard working, entrepreneurial and smart. . . . I encourage everyone to read his book and follow his advice." -- Bob Johnson, founder, Black Entertainment Television

"[Liles'] words teem with confidence, faith, conviction and wisdom." -- "The Dallas Morning News"

"Liles [is] hard at work spreading the message...[of] the importance of illuminating new routes out of urban American poverty...[by] drawing heavily from the world of hip hop for examples of triumph and success." "-- The New York Times "

"Inspirational, touching and powerful." -- Gayle King, "O: The Oprah Magazine"

Synopsis

The Def Jam legend shares his secrets. Under the leadership of Kevin Liles - the highest ranking and youngest African-American executive in the record industry - Def Jam Music grew from a fledgling million-dollar boutique label into a multi-million-dollar brand that transcends demographics and is recognized around the glove. Liles has worked with the biggest names in hip-hop, including Jay-Z, Diddy, Method Man, and Ja Rule. And now he's sharing the wealth, the wealth of knowledge and expertise he's gleaned from fifteen years in business. Full of eye-opening real-world anecdotes from Lile's life, the "Ten Rules" plan advises readers on: how to find something that you want badly enough to make you work harder than you ever imagined possible; how to strategize and look ahead; how to embrace the hard-knock life and learn from failure, and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743497368
• ISBN 13: 9780743497367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256