When Christopher S. Harrison first joined DMX Inc. in 2005 as vice president of business affairs, he says the new-employee paperwork required by the company was a good omen. He says he signed a waiver that he would not complain about offensive lyrics in the music playing in the office.

“I knew I had made the right decision,” says Harrison, now general counsel of DMX, an Austin-based music provider to retailers, restaurants, hotels and other businesses. “We have music, different kinds of music, playing in pretty much everybody’s office all the time,” says Harrison, a fan of hip-hop and classic rock.