Ahhhh, Mr. Lighty. We've never met, but I'm honored to pop your "Comments Section" cherry! I'm the 1st one! Anyway, I'm really looking forward to exlporing your journal. Us industry-youngheads could really use a guide through this crazy maze of a business!!

Thanks much!
xoxo

Nycole Patterson
TVT Records

Thanks for the inspiring words.1
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Chris, I have had the pleasure of knowing you for about 5-6 years now and glad to see you are doing some innovative things yet once again! Congrats on being the first hip-hop mogul with a blog. I got one too for nightlife. Big things in 2006. Happy Anniversary to you and the legendary album "Criminal Minded" which is one of my top 5. Peace!

Hey! Welcome. I just wanted to be the first one to make a post here on your new blog...so I better hurrr up before someone else beats me to it! Oops, I see someone already did. I know that paying dues is a huge part of the entertainment business and so having the heart is a must. I look forward to checking your blog regularly. Peace and Happy 2006 and beyond.

RUSSELL ONCE TOLD ME TO MY FACE, "I WANT YOU TO BE MY NEXT KEVIN LILES!" "YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER ONE DAY!" AFTER FEELING A LITTLE OFFENDED ABOUT BEING THE NEXT KEVIN LILES, I REPLLIED TO RUSS, "I'M GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN THAT!" IF THERE WAS ANYBODY IN THE GAME THAT I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE IT WOULD BE RUSS OF COURSE, BUT ALSO ANOTHER HIP-HOP HEAD AND QUIET PROFESSIONAL, BY THE NAME OF CHRIS "BABY CHRIS" LIGHTY!! CHRIS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THESE CATS IN THIS GAME, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LET YOU STROLL YOUR WAY TO THE TOP! -AND YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST STAY IN THE GAME TO WIN (GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT!) I TOLD D-NICE, THAT ALL THE UP-AND-COMING BROTHAS AND SISTAS MUST ORGANIZE AND POOL OUR CREATIVE POWERS AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO CREATE THE NEXT AND NEW "ROUND TABLE" LIKE RUSS, LYORR, KEV, DIDDY, DAME, ETC.
WE CAN HELP TO BUILD THAT NEXT "KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE" AND POWER CIRCLE TO RUN THE INDUSTRY AND HELP EACH OTHER CLIMB TO HIGHER PLACES IN THE GAME AND IMPROVE OUR QUALITIES OF LIFE SO MUCH BETTER AND BRIGHTER, AND LIVE GOOD AS RUSS, LYORR, AND THE CREW. RUSS AND LYORR ARE LIFE PARTNERS IN ALL THAT THEY DO, AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW THAT EXAMPLE! PEACE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
B-WARD

Very well said Chris Lighty.
I love and miss you.
Rhonda

Wow! that was so inspirational. First off congratulations on 20 years. Thanks for the motivation today. Looking forward to following your journal.

Chris Lighty - the man, the myth, the legend.
It's definitely reassuring to hear from someone of your stature to break it down for the rest of us. Even though we know it's tough and some times seems easier to just give up, having someone with your hard earned knowledge to keep us focused on the prize is greatly appreciated!
Your experience and advise I'm sure will be relative to all aspects of business - not just the entertainment biz. So hurry up and keep em coming!!!

It's about time!!

Happy New Year

"My blog will certainly entertain you. I have enough stories and have no problems calling people out. Fasten your seatbelt; this is going to be an interesting year!"

Welcome in, Chris.

I don't believe in luck, but congrats Chris.
Peace
Sir Knight Damon

Chris It's Tim Moore from The Industry Cosign & The Ultimate Group. I'm the guy who's always hitting you up for pics in the club for the cosign. Anyway, I look forward to reading more of your stories...

...keep it movin' as always C! How's DaVe doing too, aint seen him in a minute? I highly doubt you'll be calling any1 out too much, (can't do that in THIS game without impunity), but definitely looking 4ward 2 the blog! lol

Happy New Year! Congrats on being in this industry for 20 years, and making great strides! You are very inspiring; I look forward to learning a lot, and being entertained through your blog.

Peace and Love.

Wasssssup Sir!!! It's me the Bousoir Brainiac from the Bronx

Congrats on the blog move. I don't know how you have the time to do it, but hey that's why you're
Chris Lighty (aka Baby Chris, only a few can call you that now LOL). I know you're like Dayuum how did he know about this?" Hey, you never know where I might show up. Now remember I was there when Violator was a gang instead of a household name, so you know I can't wait to see what stories you you're gonna share with the world.

Tell the Fam, Mona & the crew Happy New Year!!

Peace,
Hot "Diggitty" Dog

I was at the Power Summit in the Spring and What you said about "Persistence over coming Resistance is so true." Right now I'm building myself into the commodity that I need to be in order for you to manage me. Remember my name cause I'm about to change the game.

Happy New Year & Happy 20th Anniversary!
When we all came into this world of Hip Hop it was the passion and the genuine love we had for its origin. Over the years we ALL have been a blessing to one another in many ways.
Some individuals like myself greatly can appreciate you and others like you who have contributed to the History of Hip Hop.
KRS-ONE is ONE of our greatest artists of all time and I believe with you sharing your journal with the world, other Artists, Executives, Business Men & Women in Hip Hop will share some valuable insight to preserve the purity of Hip Hop.

Peace, Red Bandit

Congrats on your 20 year anniversary, that's a big accomplishment in any arena, and just think no one thought Hip Hop would last.

many more!

Congratulations. After 20 years in the industry this makes you a historian. Need to take your stories on the road and educate the current generation. If you or anyone else in the industry would ever like volunteer some of your time and spend it enlightening underprivileged youth in NYC - let me know.

Cathleen Laporte
Athletes for Charity, Inc.
www.athletesforcharity.com

Happy New Year Chris.. 20 years is a long time. A kid from The Bronx has made great achievements from. yeah yeah. A yall measure Mr. Lighty not by his worth on paper, but by his human worth. Success is not only making it, but also going back to pull people in with you to carry forward and in sharing your knowledge on how you succeeded. I've known Chris to carry plenty on his back. Thank you for your words above and thank you for, well you know, everything. 20 more years yall. May God Bless you.

Ali Shaheed Muhammad
www.gardenseekerproductions.com

TRUE WORDS OF WISDOM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY CAN CHANGE IN A BLINK OF AN EYE YOU HAVE TO STAY 100 STEP AHEAD OF EVERYBODY

CONGRATS ON YOUR 20TH
YOU WILL BE HERE 20 MORE
GOD BLESS HIP HOP

nice. keep it up

Chris, Congratulations on 20 Years in the Business! I am very happy for you brother! I knew if anybody could do it, you could. Now you need to do it for another 20 years! I am waiting to hear all stories. From Gompers H.S, to Union Square, to MK's, to Latin Quarters, up until the present! You know I know! Like Hot Dog said, How do you have time? Only you can find time. Tell everybody I said what up and open up this journal with a crazy story! Congrats Once again!

Baby Chris Lighty. From a fellow Murry Bergtraum Alumnus, Congrats!!! I remember the JB days, having fun in the lunch room and all that, shoot I used to bang beats on lockers for Tip back in the day. Bergtraum put out some good talent, You, Afrika, Tip, Brother J, I'm proud to say I'm an Aluminus. Keep up the good work. Much Love and continued success. Slick

Good look i dont know how you will get time to keep up , but its part of that 110% effort im sure.

Peace and Congrats on your Twenty years in the music biz. I look forward to reading your blogs as they give me a bigger insight in the music biz as well as your experiences in this crazy biz.

Thank you,

San Diego P.

God Bless you,
Have a fantastic year. I'm looking forward to this blog. Peace and respect.

Mizri
www.myspace.com/mizrimusic

Excellent. If you have fun, we'll have fun.
I met you in 1989 with the Jungle Brothers & Funkenklein (RIP).
Seemed like a nice enough chap.
Looking forward to reading your thoughts.
IP

chris, I know you are going to hit them hard with stories of the past, present,and future. always remember the violators have you back and we are still around hold it down for twenty years. peace!!!!!!

However do not hit them to hard we need to get that book deal!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats and keep doing ya thing... this is a hard game to win in... and no matter what I or people think you have been winning... Shots to ya clients that keep my people feed...

Chris,

The crew here at Ch'rewd truly appreciate your honest perspectives and look forward to your future thoughts. Much success to you for the next 20 years and beyond. We look forward to your insight and wisdom... This is a game full of a lot of BS and twisted folks; continue to keep it real!!!

Peace,
ROC

www.chrewd.com

bring it back to '86 chris!

Hey Chris!

How ya doin man? I hear this blog is gonna be a great one so I had to come through and show some love. I met Kevin Liles when I was kickin with DMX and Butler out in Los Angeles a few years back and I have talked to Mona Scott a few times r/g tour posters...she's a real nice lady...But ya.. I am that artist that does all those special "super realistic" paintings for many celebs. Hey, if you ever need a one of a kind painting hit me up...I've done work for Redman, Method Man, DMX, Pink, Usher, Janet J. and many more! Peep tha site.. ( www.TAMItheARTIST.com )

I am focusing on my music for the last 5 years(I sing/rap/dance..kinda like how Missy mixes it up..but Im white!! O.M.G!!)..My manager J.D. is over at Interscope/Shady/Aftermath, not sure if you 2 know eachother...but we r shoppin deals and dropppin mixtapes @ the moment. If u would like to hear my music please check out my website! I would LOVE to get an opinion from u...you are tha man 4sho! As you migt have guessed it is really hard to make it out here in Northern Cali..our market is pretty dead at the moment..

http://www.TAMKIDDonline.com

Well much more success in 2006..keep on doin it big!!!
Hopefully you will lace us with some great success inspiration!

Much Love,
Tam'Kidd
www.TAMKIDDonline.com

Well it gets hard on a busy Man thats why you are only as strong as The chief and i guess Violator and the Violator Djs are Strong as the head keep it coming!

WWW.VIOLATOR.COM
WWW.VIOLATORDJS.COM

SCRAP DIRTY
"TREAT ME HOW I TREAT YOU"

Good insight

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There's a great deal of Lighty dick lickin goin on up in this effin piece. It's a sad day when I see nigga's tryn'a bring that exclusive industry shit up in the blogosphere. This is truly a WTF? moment. Anyways, welcome to the blog zone Chris, where how you bring it is determined by how well you can take it. With all these sorry ass groupies all up on yer "jimmy", I wonder if cats will have the balls to call you out on the regular, like mentioning that time when DMX knocked you cold the fuck out in the PolyGram bldg. Baby Chris, I got you son, nullus.

Chris Lighty keep doing ya thang.You are a motivation to me as well as all other moguls & stars in business.

K.Bibbs-Freewill Records

Def.frewill:The ability to choose freely without internal or external constaint.

BEING A CAT THAT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE NYC CLUB & MUSIC SCENE I'VE SEEN Y'ALL CAT'S & KNOW SOME OF THE STORIES, THIS IS A GOOD LOOK, CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. FROM - SUPREME REGIME.
www.SUPREMEREGIME.COM

Congratulation Black Man to a job well done.God willing 20 more years. Have a happy, healthy, and continueous success.

you can be anything you want to be, if you will only trust your imagination. visualize your heart's desire; never allow the picture to distort or tarnish; keep it fresh, clear, and bright. success will enter in your life quietly and unobtrusively, without raucousness or fanfare, for it will follow the law of the universe; Everything begin in the mind!!!! Chris, This was your goal twenty years ago and look what it has manifest to be I am glad that it has happen for you.
Chris Ali Original Violators(OV)

I'm new to this but your words are inspirational so I will be looking foward to some more inspiration and straight truth about the business.

Nikkie

Mr. Lightly I must say 20 years in the business and still going is an achievement. You have built a powerhouse with Violator. From the diverse artists on the roster I must say that your staying powere might be another 60 years...with that being said keep doing you and keep being who you are. I have never met you but business wise I respect you and what you are doing.

Respect,
Man U. Skript

Like yourself Mr. Lightly I am trying to bring not only the attention of hiphop to Richmond,VA(I currently live in Laurel,Maryland but help run an open mic event in Richmond) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soulcafeva and help run a website http://www.rapauthority.net but I want to help artists get out there and do their thing. Like Russell Simmons you are a visionary Mr. Lightly. You are a great inspiration to young cats like myself. Thank you for doing what you do and inspiring others to do what they do.

What up Chris congatulations on 20 strong. It seems like yesterday we ws chillin at Gompers. Me, you, Maceo, Jah Mike, Karate Tone and Dee. You are real Hip Hop and you acomplishments should be an inspiration for others struggling to make it in the industry. Carrying crates to millions in cake keep up the good work brother.

Mr. Combact Jack,
Ever true champion can take a fall!!! Just ask how many got their dome spilt before it happen! LQ, union sq. mk's, the car wash I can go on but, I will let chris tell the stories.

B-Ward, I'm definetly with you on that movement. What our generation needs to learn from our mentors is SYNERGY. Most are busy trying to come, they don't tend to realize the power that lies in numbers. I definetly would love to stay up with you.

Cathleen laporte, I am very interested in sharing my experiences with the youth. I am always open to things like that. I am not the mogul that Chris Lighty is, but in my mind I am, I have been through some life threatening situations, which would leave 50 cent to ryme about. I'm not proud of them, just proud of the blessing in over-coming them.

Combat Jack, you'se a sucka for even bringing up that KO shit. It's people like you that can't come up, do to the negative energy you dish out. Why dont you go work for Wendy Williams with that clown shit.

Tone"Triger"Gonzalez
Street Certified Film Production/Dist.
www.Streetcertifiednyc.com
streetcertified1@aol.com

Many Congrats and many more years to come. I am old school hip-hop and Reggae always will be. I am starting a magazine title "Heart Felt Interviews, The Magazine" I would love to feature you in my magazine. This magazine is about every day people and what ever happen too the artist back in the day, jazz, latin, hip-hop, R&B, Reggae and gospel. I want readers to know that old school artist no matter what type of music it may be are very much out alive. Please visit my website and send me an e-mail.

Much Love
Victoria Smith
CEO
World Entertainment, Inc.

www.worldentertainmentinconline.com

Victoria Smith
CEO
World Entertainment, Inc.
www.worldentertainmentinconline.com

Lighty, I'm the owner of a DVD magazine distributed in Canada. for our next issue we have a lot of fire power, including some represented by your management company. Now, I'm writing on this blog to let you know that we have secured an exclusive with Irv in which he thuroughly airs you out... Me being impartial, I want to give you an opportunity to comment on things in your own exclusive interview. I try not to take sides, and all the people that participates in the making of my DVD's know that. i just give them an outlet to speak their mind, and let the Canadian hip hop community know what's really good. If you're interested at all in answering back, or just talking about the position you play in hip hop please email me at rob.bent@showandprovedvd.com

As i eluded to before, I take no sides. I'm a brother on the come up. I do this cause I love the culture, and of course for the paper. i know you can relate. It is what it is..hope to hear from you soon.

Robert Bent
www.showandprovedvd.com

Your words resinate because the finishing line is never crouded. I'm a film and music business affairs executive in the UK where my black peers are a very small community, we have the belly to move forward because we don't seek validation from anyone else. I say this to anyone reading and especially the Africans, from you have a soul you have a piece of the God type substance and from right there you should be the architect of your own destiny. We all have the power of choice, 95% just aren't aware. Be aware, and exercise,

Bless Dean Okai

I would say you Gotcha a great viewpoint.

Acomplia