When The Mob Ran The Music Biz #musichistory #truecrime #mafia #80smusic

A little-discussed era of music history was when the mafia controlled pop radio. Disguised as “independent contractors,” they collected gobs of money from record labels to get new releases on the air. It’s no wonder that this was the same era that college radio and indie/DIY record labels flourished. From the video “How Bands Pay Bribes To Get Stuck In Your Head”