The Ave

Street movement in print.

While I'm sitting here waiting for all these files to upload to the web server, I figure now is as good as any time to show some luv for The Ave magazine. I subscribed online a few weeks back and finally got my first issue last week. It is truly a refreshing piece of work.

A fellow NEU alum is one of the masterminds behind the publication and to the hip-hop lifestyle that has been under-appreciated as a cultural force. He stresses the most important part of the revolution, is to speak the truth and promote empowerment in an equitable environment.

It's hop-hop journalism for the soul. None of that overly-fluffy pillow talk with unnecessary verb tenses. Just pure, uncut good writing on topics of substance. My first taste has TI on the front cover and Farrakhan on the back. The stories are not the same run-of-the-mill dumb a$$ interviews about favorite foods and sexual positions and the layout is hella on-point. There was even an insightful piece about the state of public education, whcih is some real shT to be talking baout in a hip-hop publication. But that's just it. It's a poart of the culture. Embrace it and you will enjoy. Definitely something worthy of my dollar bills. (although the damn CEO won't return my phone calls but it's all good). Brothers be busy. Word.

Details:
Africa's Gateway interview
SoundSlam interview
Chronic Magazine interview
EUR Web news