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ONCE AND FUTURE CURATOR: BILL ADLER

ONCE AND FUTURE CURATOR: BILL ADLER

Def Jam’s publicist from 1984 to 1990, Bill Adler talks Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and why hip-hop needs its own hall of fame.

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