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.

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Crenshaw High School students holding promotional materials for AZ and 5th Ward Boyz. Public Deposited

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Abstract

Three female Crenshaw High School students holding promotional materials for AZ (the single "Gimme Yours" from the album Doe or Die) and 5th Ward Boyz. Michael Nixon's street team were distributing promotional materials from the back of their car, parked outside Crenshaw High School.

Call Number

PA005369

Campus

IU Bloomington

City

Los Angeles

Country

United States

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 , 3 x 5 in., Persons Pictured (location in picture): Three unidentified girls, Photo Type: Candid, Print Type: Color

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAE0317/VAE0317-000058

Filename

VAE0317-000058

Subject

Corporate Name: Crenshaw High School
Promotional materials
Corporate Name: AZ
Group portraits
Sound recording industry
African Americans
Corporate Name: 5th Ward Boys

State/Province

California

Title

Crenshaw High School students holding promotional materials for AZ and 5th Ward Boyz.

Date Taken

Circa 1997

Source Metadata Identifier

VAE0317-000058

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Michael Nixon Collection

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