I worked for a startup that contracted with the major record labels at the time, with a lot of the funding coming from the record labels.

One day a group of four men arrived at the office. They were investors and not too happy with how the stock had been performing. This was a time before naked shorting was illegal. They all wore suits and one of the men carried a baseball bat into the office. They all had stereotypical gangster accents. They had a closed door meeting with the CEO that day, baseball bat and all, and I'm pretty sure they got paid that day.

It was one of the most bizarre work experiences in my life. Mafia in the music industry? Yes, yes it is.