Person
Bill Adler
Acting · Born 1951-09-18 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Bill Adler is an American music journalist and critic. He is known best for his tenure as director of publicity at Def Jam Recordings (1984–1990), the period of his career to which the critic Robert Christgau was referring when he described Adler as a "legendary publicist".
Known for
Celebrity Crime Files
Self
Death by Fame
Self - Former Director of Publicity, RUN-D.M.C.
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
A Hip Hop Minute
Self
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Writer
Tougher Than Leather
Story
2 Turntables and a Microphone
Self
Just for Kicks
Self
Filmography
- 2024A Hip Hop MinuteSelf
- 2023Death by FameSelf - Former Director of Publicity, RUN-D.M.C.
- 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf (archive footage)
- 2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaSelf
- 2019Scared of Revolution
- 2012Celebrity Crime FilesSelf
- 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self
- 20082 Turntables and a MicrophoneSelf
- 2005Just for KicksSelf
- 2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopWriter
- 1988Tougher Than LeatherStory
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