April 19th marks the first anniversary of Guru’s death. What a tremendous loss for Hip Hop. He embodied the best of the genre and culture. In Guru’s life and music there are a myriad of lessons for PR pros. Here’s a cursory list of four, culled from my favourite Guru/Gangstarr songs: It’s mostly tha voice: Guru’s self-described…
I had some social media guru follow me on Twitter recently. It got me thinking about what that term stands for. I think I figured it out: ‘S’ is for “so so.” At most, this is the quality of advice you will get from the guru if you hire her/him….
Hip hop lost one of its all-time greatest this week. Guru (aka Keith Elam) died on April 19th of a heart attack. He’d also been waging a prolonged battle with cancer. I’m a Gangstarr fan and love Guru’s solo stuff. His body of work personifies the savvy smoothness unique to…