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Legendary music entrepreneur Steve Rifkind was the next guest for The World’s Most Dangerous Morning Show,” The Breakfast Club. For those of you who don’t know, Rifkind is responsible for helping launch the careers of Wu Tang Clan, Three-6-Mafia, David Banner, Mobb Deep, Big Pun and Akon among others during his tenure at SRC Records. He went to reveal his career history being in the industry since the age of 18 in 1980 and cited his first signed artist being Chicago emcee Twista. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy joked about Steve being one of the only CEO’s rappers speak very highly of.
Check after the jump for more from the interview including getting back into the music industry with Russell Simmons through their new record label with YouTube (All Def-Digital), allowing Wu-Tang to break away for solo deals like he did for New Edition and more.