The Heart of the City: Back Stories — Dexter Charles "Lowlife Music Executive"

The Heart of the City: Back Stories — Dexter Charles "Lowlife Music Executive" Dexter Charles is the ambitious head of Big Records, a rising independent label built on borrowed time and dangerous money. Under intense pressure from World Music Group to deliver a breakout superstar—or lose his distribution deal—Dexter is running out of options. Behind the scenes, he’s also drowning in debt to underworld loan sharks who funded the label’s launch and expect repayment, no excuses. That desperation drives his obsession with Crackmatic, the hottest unsigned artist in the city. Crackmatic and his partner Drip Gualla are already street kings, making real money without labels, and want no part of Big Records. But Dexter is willing to risk everything—his reputation, his safety, and his future—promising them fame, control, and global reach to secure a deal. In The Heart of the City, Dexter Charles is a man caught between the music industry and the streets, gambling his life on one signature that could save him—or destroy him.