It was recently announced that the good folks at Rap Genius are to receive a hefty investment of $15 million from California-based Venture Capital Firm Andreessen Horowitz. For the unfamiliar, Rap Genius is an online community for Hip-Hop fans on which crowd-sourcing provides lyrics of rap songs and annotated explanations to clarify their meanings.
A successful Silicon Valley businessman’s rise to prominence is unique in that he eschews typical tactics used to inform those in his field and instead, relies on Hip Hop music to make many of his business decisions. Further, Ben Horowitz uses rap lyrics to speak for him in times where he isn’t able to articulate […]
