Michael Nixon Collection

Michael Nixon is a veteran of the Black music and entertainment industry with over 40 years of experience in marketing and promotion. After working in radio, television and the record industry—including stints at WHUR-FM, WBLS, WEA Distribution, Elektra, RCA, and HBO—Nixon shifted to music industry magazines. In 1988, he was hired as advertising director for the magazine Black Radio Exclusive (BRE), while also pursuing acting roles in television. By the following year, Nixon was on the cutting edge of marketing for the emerging hip hop scene. He created the music industry's first weekly radio rap chart for the San Francisco based publication The Gavin Report, then assisted with the creation of Rap Sheet, possibly the world's first hip hop newspaper. From 1993-1994, Nixon worked as an account executive for Billboard magazine, where he had accounts with many of the major record labels and radio stations The Michael Nixon photographs date between approximately 1977 and 2006, including time spent by Nixon at Howard University through his professional career in the music industry.

Image

Michael Nixon and Russell Simmons holding promotional poster for Jay-Z Public Deposited

Open large viewer

Abstract

Michael Nixon (on left wearing gray t-shirt, Ankh symbol necklace, sunglasses and black beret) and Russell Simmons (on right wearing Phat Farm T-shirt and baseball cap) standing outside the Fred Siegal store at Melrose and Crescent Heights, holding a picket sign for Jay-Z with text "And Y'all Thought It Was Over . . . September 97," referencing the forthcoming release of his second album "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1."

Call Number

PA005345

Campus

IU Bloomington

City

Los Angeles

Country

United States

Persons Pictured

Simmons, Russell
Nixon, Michael

Holding Location

Bloomington - Archives of African American Music & Culture
2805 E 10th St.
Suite 180-181
Bloomington, IN 47408
Contact at aaamc@indiana.edu, 812-855-8547

Accession Number

SC 132

Physical Description

1 photograph : col , 5 x 7 in., Persons Pictured (location in picture): L to R: Michael Nixon, Russell Simmons, Photo Type: Candid, Print Type: Color

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAE0317/VAE0317-000034

Filename

VAE0317-000034

Subject

Corporate Name: Phat Farm
African Americans
Rap musicians
Sound recording industry
Promotional materials
Group portraits

State/Province

California

Title

Michael Nixon and Russell Simmons holding promotional poster for Jay-Z

Date Taken

1997

Source Metadata Identifier

VAE0317-000034

Relationships

Relationships

In Collection:

Michael Nixon Collection

Items

Show Item Images

Thumbnail	Title	Date Uploaded	Visibility	Actions
	VAE0317-000034.jp2	2022-10-07	Public	Download