If you’re a songwriter, composer, or music publisher, understanding PROs isn’t optional—it’s essential. PROs are the backbone of the royalty collection system for music creators. They’re the organizations that make sure every time your music is played in public, someone is paying you for it. And when we say “played in public,” we don’t just mean a live concert or a radio interview. Public performance is any instance where your music reaches an audience beyond your personal li

For decades, we’ve been taught that Hip-Hop was born at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue — Kool Herc’s legendary party on August 11, 1973. That story gets told over and over, from documentaries to museum plaques.