Topic: Harvard Report

Dr. Logan Westbrook describes his role as a liaison for the 1972 Harvard Report, a study commissioned by CBS under Clive Davis to create a blueprint for penetrating and dominating the black music market. The timing of the report is highlighted as occurring just one year before the recognized 1973 birth of hip-hop with "Rapper's Delight." The hosts explore whether hip-hop was intentionally hijacked as a mind control mechanism following this corporate blueprint.

In 1972, CBS commissioned a study from Harvard students known as the "Harvard Report." Mo Facts describes this as a blueprint for major labels to penetrate and dominate the black music market, leading to the demise of independent black record companies. He notes that executive Clive Davis used this report to consolidate power over the industry.