Barry Hankerson was effectively blackballed out of the industry cause of all the shit he pulled.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link
hilarity from the Blackground wikipedia entry
Also in 2006 Barry signed heart throb rapper Brian Rose (who's real name just happens to be Brian Hankerson) to the label for a lucrative mixtape deal that did not have the chance to get the notoriety that it deserved due to legal issues.
― some dude, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link
I really know next to nothing about Hankerson or Blackground -- has anyone written about this stuff at length in an article(s) somewhere?
Her music was such a huge part of my experience of "the 90s", & it's seriously heartbreaking to see the tragedy of her death compounded by the neglect for her legacy.
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link