Young Guru Speaks On The Rap Game (Video)

July 9, 2011

Former Rocafella producer & engineer speaks on the ups & downs of this new generation of artists compared to those who had mentors & hardships earlier in the music business. </p> <div class="at-below-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.jayforce.com/videos/young-guru-speaks-on-the-rap-game-video/"></div>  </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="art-postmetadatafooter"> <div class="art-postfootericons art-metadata-icons"> <img class='art-metadata-icon' src='http://www.jayforce.com/wp-content/themes/jayforce/images/postcategoryicon.png' width='18' height='18' alt='' />Posted in <a href="http://www.jayforce.com/category/hip-hop/" rel="category tag">Hip-Hop</a>, <a href="http://www.jayforce.com/category/producers/" rel="category tag">Producers</a>, <a href="http://www.jayforce.com/category/videos/" rel="category tag">Videos</a> | <img class='art-metadata-icon' src='http://www.jayforce.com/wp-content/themes/jayforce/images/posttagicon.png' width='18' height='18' alt='' />Tags: <a 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