Bill Adler was born on December 18,1951 and is an American music journalist and critic.
12 Facts About Bill Adler
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Bill Adler is known best for his tenure as director of publicity at Def Jam Recordings, the period of his career to which the critic Robert Christgau was referring when he described Adler as a "legendary publicist".
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Bill Adler moved with his family to Detroit before he was five, and he lived in Michigan until 1976.
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Bill Adler attended the James Vernor elementary school through the ninth grade, and graduated from Southfield High School.
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Bill Adler later matriculated briefly at the University of Michigan.
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Bill Adler deejayed at radio station WBCN-FM throughout the spring of 1977 and freelanced articles about music to the Real Paper and High Times.
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Bill Adler was the staff pop music critic of the Boston Herald from April 1978 until April 1980.
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Bill Adler was an early champion of hip-hop photography; in 1991, he wrote the text for "Rap: Portraits and Lyrics of a Generation of Black Rockers," which showcased the work of Janette Beckman.
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In 2004, Bill Adler formed Eyejammie Press to publish "Frozade Moments", a book of postcards featuring the street photography of Ricky Powell.
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Bill Adler has consulted for several museums on the establishment of their hip-hop collections, including Seattle's Experience Music Project, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
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In September 2015, the Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photo Collection, assembled by Bill Adler, was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
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In June 2021, Bill Adler donated his collection of Underground comix to the Rhode Island School of Design.