Watch: Miss Pat Chin on Bringing Reggae to the World
Interview with a music business legend!
I’m thrilled to present an interview with Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, the luminescent businesswoman behind VP Records, the world’s largest reggae label. Chin, 87, is a mother of four, grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of three, and many of her family members work at VP. Her memoir Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey illuminates the early days of this now-global culture as well as her brilliant and adaptable business mind.
“I would like to tell people out there to do what you love and love what you do, and just start where you are. Don’t make it be perfect. If you go in the road and you see a fork in the road, take any one. Even if you go on the wrong road, you’ll enjoy the scenery or you might meet someone that you are supposed to meet.” — Miss Pat
Thank you to my good friend and notable author/artist/musician Paul D. Miller for bringing me together with VP Records for this very special conversation!
Previously in our Q+A series:
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Ali Smith on Speedball Baby and Telling Stories Without Shame
Arusa Qureshi on Her Love Letter to Women in UK Hip-Hop
Lily Moayeri on Her Favorite Music Books and Writing from a Personal Place
Megan Volpert on Why Alanis Morissette Matters and Writing 15 Books in 18 Years
Mark Swartz on Biggie + Yoko Ono as a Crime-Fighting Duo and Other Fictional Ideas
Annie Zaleski on Cher, Stevie Nicks and Pushing Past Writing Fears
Nelson George on His Next Book and Making Mixtapes in Paper Form
Michaelangelo Matos on Writing and Editing Music Books
