So You Wanna Be A Rapper: The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Spyder D

So You Wanna Be A Rapper is the story of the career of one of the Hip Hop genres most versatile artists, who became a pioneer in 1980 by successfully creating Newtroit Records, the first label owned and operated by a rap artist. After interviewing the subject, Spyder D, (born Sidney Duane Hughes) for almost a decade, writer Mark Skillz paints an honest portrait of an unsung hero in the Hip Hop genre, and chronicles the ups and downs in the life and career of a rap artist.
From Spyder D's ear...