The Art and Influence of Hip Hop
The Art and Influence of Hip Hop
Word Up! | Rap Masters
30 issues of ‘90s & early '00s Rap Masters and Word Up! magazines, (1989-2001)
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March 30, 05:54 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
A collection of thirty issues of Word Up! and Rap Masters magazines, 1989-2001.
Thirty monthly and special edition issues from 1989-2001, including Rap Masters East Meets West (1990), Rap Masters The Year in Rap! (1993), Rap Masters The Best of Rap and R&B (1994), Word Up! Special Edition Tupac—Hip Hop History Maker (1996), Word Up! Special Edition Tupac: A Legend Remembered + Poster Special (1999), and Word Up! Special Edition Tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
A complete listing of all issues is available upon request.
By the time The Notorious B.I.G namechecked the publication in "Juicy," Word Up! magazine had already amassed a dedicated following of fans and readers.
Word Up! magazine was a monthly magazine dedicated to Hip Hop and R&B's up-and-coming prodigies, performers, and producers. Founded in August of 1987, the publication quickly rose in circulation, attracting a wide range of youthful readers and Hip Hop enthusiasts. Word Up! stood out from other magazine 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. Features in Word Up! magazine (1987-2012) proved indispensable in both launching and propelling the careers of innumerable Hip Hop and R&B legends. The magazine arguably did the same for other publications as Word Up! preceded, inspired, and influenced the influx and growth of Hip Hop magazines.
Rap Masters was the sister publication to WORD UP! magazine, with both magazines produced by Faces Magazines, a teen entertainment publishing company based in Paramus, New Jersey. Dedicated to rap music and the practitioners of the upstart artform, the magazine helped to popularized MCs and DJs, with many of them eventually becoming megastars and icons of popular culture.
This collection of Rap Masters and Word Up! magazines from the '80s and '90s are owned by Kate Ferguson, who was at once editor-in-chief of both publications.
Provenance: From the personal collection of Kate Ferguson
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