Dan Charnas
Daniel Louis Charnas[1] (born August 30, 1967)[2] is an American author, radio host and record company executive. He is considered to have played a role in the creation of hip-hop journalism.
A native of New York City, Charnas graduated with honors from Boston University in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in communications.[3][4] In 2007, Charnas earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[1][3] His master's thesis was titled Shocked: Birthright Unplugged challenges Birthright Israel in an epic battle for the hearts and minds of American Jews.[5]
As a radio personality, Charnas hosted a segment on KPWR in Los Angeles.[6] As a journalist he was a writer for the hip-hop magazine The Source.[7] He became a talent scout for Profile Records and later ran the rap division of American Recordings in a joint venture with Warner Bros. Records.[6][7]
In 2010 he wrote the book The Big Payback about the history of the hip-hop business.[6][7]
In 2022 his book Dilla Time, on the life and works of hip-hop producer J Dilla, was published.[8]
Charnas is an associate professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has been a thesis advisor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[9][10]
Charnas received the Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism from the ASCAP Foundation in 2025.[11]
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Global Grind staff (January 5, 2011). "Dan Charnas On The Biggest Deals In Hip-Hop History, & Why Drake Could've Done Better". Global Grind.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Aaron Leitko (January 16, 2011). "The brains behind the bling-bling". The Washington Post.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Madrigal, Alexis (4 February 2022). "The Genius of Hip-Hop Producer J Dilla Shines in New Book 'Dilla Time' by Dan Charna". KQED. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dan Charnas - Professor - Clive Davis Institute - NYU Tisch Music". tisch.nyu.edu.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2013 Masters's Projects | Columbia University Libraries". library.columbia.edu.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CDI Professor Dan Charnas Wins The Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism". NYU Tisch School of the Arts. October 31, 2025. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
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