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Zack is gradually moving the full text of some of his best articles to this website, lest they disappear into the web’s ether. Here are a few favorites:

Forbes, 08.09.11: Wiz Khalifa’s High Earnings
The Pittsburgh-bred rapper has transformed his affection for marijuana into a moneymaking marketing tool, and in the process, turned himself into a lucrative lifestyle brand.

Forbes, 05.18.11: Jon Bon Jovi — Still Rocking, And Making A Killing
Over the past 12 months, Bon Jovi earned more than Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Katy Perry — combined. How did that happen?

Forbes, 05.04.11: Secret Agent
Public pensions are $660 billion in the hole. Investment middleman Glen Sergeon illustrates how millions more are being lost to dubious dealings.

Forbes, 08.17.10: The Sommelier of Hip-Hop
Branson B. introduced rap’s royalty to fine champagne. Now he’s trying to make his own brand of bubbly pop in a crowded marketplace.

Forbes, 10.13.09: Saving the Union (Pacific)
Can James Young put America’s oldest railroad back on track?

Forbes, 07.09.09: Akon’s Recession-Proof Tune
One sweet-singing impresario is thriving amid the rap recession.

Forbes, 07.09.09: The Man Who Invented Hip Hop
Afrika Bambaataa helped create a musical movement, but he’s no cash king. That’s fine by him.

Forbes, 08.18.08: The 50 Cent Machine
Curtis ”50 Cent” Jackson is hedging against the music industry’s whims with the help of an African billionaire.

Washington Post, 06.15.08: Lorenzo’s Oil — and Lorenzo’s Courage
Thoughts on the passing of Lorenzo Odone.

Yale Daily News Magazine, 2.12.07: On the Rail
Generations after the golden age of train travel, is there any romance left in the tracks?

Yale Daily News, 4.28.05: Bradley Beats Odds to Lead Elis
After nearly losing his life in a car crash, a gritty leadoff hitter sparks the Bulldogs.

Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a Forbes senior editor and author of the Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind. He's now writing his second book, Michael Jackson, Inc, for Simon & Schuster. Zack pens The Beat Report at Forbes, where he has worked for the past five years, profiling subjects from Justin Bieber to Jon Bon Jovi. Zack has also written for the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Vibe and McSweeney's; guest-lectured at Yale, Harvard and Georgetown; and appeared as a source for BBC, MTV, E! and CNN. Full bio here.


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Zack has written over 500 articles for Forbes, Forbes Asia and Forbes.com; his stories on music, business, travel and sports have taken him from the back rooms of New York’s Apollo Theater to the rail yards of Omaha to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone--and, most terrifying of all, the bleachers of Fenway Park. Here are some of his subjects, and links to the resulting stories:

50 Cent | Afrika Bambaataa | Alicia Keys | Akon | Ben Horowitz (of Andreessen Horowitz) | Bill Gates (sort of) | Birdman | B.o.B | Bon Jovi | Branson B | Bruno Mars | Chuck Leavell (of The Rolling Stones) | David Archuleta | David Banner | Delta Rae | DJ Pauly D | Dr. Ruth | Ed Sheeran | Electronic Cash Kings | Fab 5 Freddy | Flo Rida | Hip-Hop Cash Kings | The Jacksons | Jay-Z | Justin Bieber | Kevin Liles | L'Arc-En-Ciel | Lil Jon | LL Cool J | Lyor Cohen | Ludacris | Mac Miller | Mark Teixeira | Mr. T | Music's 30 Under 30 | Nas | Natasha Bedingfield | Noel Lee (of Monster Cable) | Pharrell Williams | Red Dillard | Richard Branson | Russell Simmons | Scooter Braun | Sean Paul | Skrillex | Slash | Steve Stoute | Steve Wozniak | Swizz Beatz | T.I. | Timbaland | Wale | Wiz Khalifa

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