Influential figures

A list of influential figures that have peaked my interest include, Rihanna (artist), Eminem (artist), Drake (artist), Dr Dre(artist), Kanye West (artist), Datwon Thomas(Editor-in-chief of Vibe magazines), L. Londell McMillan (publisher of The Source magazines) Vanessa Satten (Editor-in-chief of XXL magazines), Spin media (media conglomerate which publishes Vibe magazines), Townsquare media (media conglomerate which publishes XXL magazines).
XXL: www.xxlmag.com
Vibe: www.vibe.com
The source: www.thesource.com
Townsquare media: www.townsquaremedia.com
Spin media: www.spinmedia.com

To begin, Eminem is a very inspiring figure, with a very poor background and upbringing and constantly being told that he is a joke because he wasn't black, but a white rapper and battling depression he still managed to climb to fame and become what people are calling, the greatest rapper of all time. https://youtu.be/JC90mFc1Ppg Next, Rihanna, sold clothes with her father on a stall in a street and she had a rocky relationship with her father as he was struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine. She had to endure a large amount of CT scans because she suffered from excruciating headaches which doctors believed to be a tumour. When she was 14, her parents divorced and she began to sing. Her career began properly in 2003 where she managed to get an audition with Evan Rodgers and it took off from there. Continuing onwards, Dr Dre is not only an artist and song writer but is also an entrepreneur - where he is the founder and CEO of Beats electronics and Aftermath Entertainment. Artists such as Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg would not be where they are now without Dr Dre, https://youtu.be/XSj5vyDAyyA he has been an active artist for 32 years now and is still one of the most popular rappers alive. Datwon Thomas is the editor-in-chief of vibe magazines and the former editor in chief of its rival, XXL. The fact that this man has had the highest ranked jobs of the two highest ranked R&B magazines shows huge succession, and this is in the job line which he loves. SpinMedia, formerly known as buzz media, is an American digital publisher which owns many pop culture websites. Buzz media was created to collate many pop-culture music blogs. It had acquired spin media after spin magazines had to shut down. the company was transformed and it acquired vibe magazine along with many other pop-culture companies.