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Economically women were given the bare minimum in the music industry. For instance Ruth Brown who not only recorded Atlantic Records first number hit that took the record label to the next step and contributed to the rise of Atlantic Records. Who today have many of the artist we listen to today such as Wiz Khalifa, Cardi B, and Jay Z. She received little financial recompense from Atlantic. Many labels would take advantage working class black performers who were not well educated or know the rules of copyrighting.