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Word Up! Magazine is a popular teen entertainment magazine created by founding editor-in-chief Gerrie Summers, the first of several Black teen magazines to be published by Word Up! Publications. The magazine debuted in August 1987.[1]
Word Up! stood out from other publications of its kind due to its emphasis on hip-hop music and rap artists, including artists that had not yet made it into the mainstream. Word Up! preceded, inspired and influenced an influx of hip-hop/rap magazines.
On January 23, 2023, Fox News re-aired reporter G. Keith Alexander’s What’s Hot New York entertainment segment for WNYW’s weekly television program, The McCreary Report as the opening episode of the network’s 50 Years of Hip-Hop tribute series. Said Alexander: “Word Up distinguishes itself from most teen magazines by not talking down to its readers by focusing on more substantial topics and interests of its 14-30 age group.”[1]
Essays by Word Up! readers became the heart of the book Stop The Violence: Overcoming Self-Destruction (1990) by the National Urban League and Nelson George, and an integral part of the Stop The Violence movement.
Kate Ferguson, editor-in-chief of sister publication Rap Masters, took on the role as EIC when Summers left to pursue freelance opportunities, and remained editor until 1995. The final issue appeared in April 2012.
The magazine was name-checked by The Notorious B.I.G. in his 1994 hit song «Juicy»: «It was all a dream; I used to read Word Up! magazine.»[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fox 5 New York (2023). «50 Years of Hip Hop: Word Up! magazine».
- ^ The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy, retrieved 2021-10-20
Слово вверх! был американским журналом, посвященным развлечениям и музыке для подростков. Журнал входил в состав Enoble Media Group. Основное внимание уделялось афроамериканским подросткам-певцам, рэперам, моделям и вундеркиндам. Журнал выходил ежемесячно и обычно проводил множество афиш и конкурсов для поклонников знаменитых «To Die For» знаменитостей. Он был очень популярен в 1980-х годах. Журнал в основном освещал информацию о рэпе , хип-хопе и R&B музыке. Штаб-квартира находилась в Парамусе, штат Нью-Джерси .
С 2012 года Word Up прекратил публикацию. Последний выпуск датирован апрелем 2012 года.
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Word Up! Magazine is an American magazine focusing on teen entertainment and music. It was very popular in the 1980s.
The magazine mostly covers information concerning rap, Hip-hop and R&B music.Its main focus is African American teen singers, rappers, models, and prodigies.
The magazine comes out monthly and usually has many posters and contests for fans of famous «To Die For» celebrities.
In Fall 2006 Run DMC’s Rev Run’s daughter Angela Simmons had a mini mag with «Word Up» called «Angela’s Rundown» [http://www.whudat.com/news/pages/806/news_083106_1.php# Angela’s Rundown Mini Mag] . It was to generate interest and give Angela her own spin off magazine [ [http://www.rapbasement.com/news/rap/angela-simmons-gets-her-magazine.html Angela Simmons gets her magazine | Rap Basement ] ] . In November 2007 «WordUp» printed Angela’s own stand alone magazine [http://hiphop.popcrunch.com/angela-simmons-rundown-magazine-debut/#comment-36213 Angela Simmons Rundown Mag Debut] that had Bow Wow,Omarion, and herself on the cover.
Trivia
The late rapper Biggie Smalls referenced the magazine in his song Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song).
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Word Up! Magazine is a popular teen entertainment magazine created by founding editor-in-chief Gerrie Summers, the first of several Black teen magazines to be published by Word Up! Publications. The magazine debuted in August 1987.
Word Up! stood out from other publications of its kind due to its emphasis on hip-hop music and rap artists, including artists that had not yet made it into the mainstream. Word Up! preceded, inspired and influenced an influx of hip-hop/rap magazines.
On January 23, 2023, Fox News re-aired reporter G. Keith Alexander’s What’s Hot New York entertainment segment for WNYW’s weekly television program, The McCreary Report as the opening episode of the network’s 50 Years of Hip-Hop tribute series. Said Alexander: “Word Up distinguishes itself from most teen magazines by not talking down to its readers by focusing on more substantial topics and interests of its 14-30 age group.”
Essays by Word Up! readers became the heart of the book Stop The Violence: Overcoming Self-Destruction (1990) by the National Urban League and Nelson George, and an integral part of the Stop The Violence movement.
Kate Ferguson, editor-in-chief of sister publication Rap Masters, took on the role as EIC when Summers left to pursue freelance opportunities, and remained editor until 1995. The final issue appeared in April 2012.
The magazine was name-checked by The Notorious B.I.G. in his 1994 hit song «Juicy»: «It was all a dream; I used to read Word Up! magazine.»
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