User talk:Professorphilgood

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Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

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If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block. TN X Man 17:45, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I am sorry, I made an error thinking that I could make-up a fake consulting company name instead of my real name. I am a music producer and college professor. I was trying to correct some of the omissions that were in the original Benzino Wiki page. I have never edited a page before. After viewing a dvd of the artist Benzino, I noticed there were a few errors that I could fix. I was actually trying to make Benzino's page look more like Sean Combs page. I worked very hard to be unbiased and neutral. I have a full copy of the text below. I was not sure how to add the references when I first began. As I started adding the refs today I was flagged. Please let me know if I can change my name and still be able to incorporate all or portions of the below text.

Philgoodconsulting (talk) 18:28, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

ref 51 is this page http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138350,00.html

Raymond Scott (born July 18, 1965) from Boston Massachusetts is better known by his stage name Benzino. He is an American rapper, record producer, an influential hip hop media executive and an entrepreneur. He has been Chief Brand Executive of The Source magazine while also maintaining his craft as a rapper. Along with David Mays, his partner for over 20 years, Benzino is well-known for being part of the biggest magazine in Hip Hop history, The Source, which was launched in 1988 as a single sheet newsletter out of Mays’s Harvard University dorm room. In November of 2006 Benzino and David Mays launched Hip Hop Weekly, an informative bi-weekly magazine designed to inform and entertain readers. In October 2007 Hip Hop Weekly was recognized by the prestigious MIN Awards as one of the top 15 new magazines of the year, out of more than 700 startups.Recently the magazine has quickly risen to become the #1 selling urban entertainment magazine on newsstands in the US.

Benzino was a founding member of several rap groups before finally becoming a solo artist. The first successful group where was called The Almighty RSO. Their start began in Boston in the late eighties. Benzino states "I was not the leader of the group, just one of the members that contributed…" Benzino credits each member as collectively working together on production and group direction. He also helped create the Made Men, and is a member of the production group known as Hangmen 3.[3]

Benzino initially started out with Motown Records on his first commercial release "The Benzino Project" released in October 30, 2001. After being recruited by platinum hitmaker Teddy Riley to start his solo career, Benzino released his first album. That album spawned the hit songs “Bootee” and “Bang Ta Dis,” and included collaborations with P Diddy, Scarface, Snoop Dogg, Pink, Bobby Brown and Raekwon.

In 2003, music industry legend Sylvia Rhone signed Benzino to Elektra Records, and he released his second solo project, Redemption, which featured “Rock The Party,” as well as collaborations with Fabolous, Jadakiss, Wyclef, Lil Kim and Busta Rhymes.

It was his infamous battle with Eminem that took center stage in Hip Hop in 2004, as Benzino stood his ground against the popular rapper in a battle for the ages.He later moved to Elektra and even started his own imprint ZNO Records. Out of the four commercial releases: "The Benzino Remix Project", "Redemption", and "Arch Nemesis", and "The Antidote". Redemption was also the most notable and controversial release due to the ongoing verbal battles with rappers Eminem and 50 Cent.

Many of the verbal battles in Hip Hop are either personal or professional. The past beefs with Benzino have arrived from His maturation from a rapper to an executive at The Source magazine. As an executive, Benzino became a target for rappers who were not content with the views expressed by the magazine's writers. Notably, the feud with American rapper Eminem brought out the tension between the two artists. The feuds became more prominent when Eminem's video "Just Lose It" shows Eminem poking fun at American pop Idol Michael Jackson. While The Source, through Raymond "Benzino" Scott, requested that Eminem remove the song "Just Lose It" from the album due to the disrespectful characterization of pop Idol Michael Jackson, Benzino wanted not only the video to be pulled, but the song off the album, and a public apology to Jackson from Eminem.[51]

Jackson himself was quoted with a statement towards Eminem's video, “I think it’s demeaning and disrespectful,” Jackson told FOX News. “It’s not just about Michael Jackson but a pattern of disrespect that he's shown to our community. He needs to stop it, and he needs to stop it now." [51] http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138350,00.html

While other prominent African American leaders like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Louis Farrakhan were also offended by Eminem's depiction of Jackson.[51] http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138350,00.html

It became apparent that because of The Source's strength as a Hip Hop Magazine, Benzino became a target for Eminem's rebuttal.

Benzino is known for taking an active role in his career by starting his own label, ZNO Records, while also aiding in the careers of others. With the formation of Made Men, artist like Picallo, Cognito, One Monzta, have been assisted by the business acumen of Benzino.

It appears that for the reason you wrote the reason that you were blocked, not the reason you want to be unblocked. mechamind  9  0  05:40, 29 June 2010 (UTC)