Aspiring hip-hop artists can, for a fee, learn how to navigate the music business with a little help from some of the industry's best.
"It's not something you can get in college; it's something I've learned as a record executive," said L.A. area music publicist Leah James, who started her career working with Priority Records and cites experience working with hip-hop supergroup Westside Connection, Master P and Black Eyed Peas at Interscope Records.