What’s it like to begin a whole new movement with a magazine? Check out the spring 2004 issue of THE AVE magazine as they push provocative and controversial issues that matter in hip-hop far beyond any other magazine has. With an unusual dual cover for their new issue, Mobb Deep graces one cover and the convicted sniper John lee Malvo on the other. Inside the magazine articles ranging from juvenile offenders and harsh jail sentences to Mobb Deep sharing their views on why it’s easier for guns to get in the hood than healthcare.
Platinum selling Roc-A-Fella artist Kanye West talks about the artist’s he is preparing to release from his new label onto the hip-hop game and the return of consciousness in music. Wyclef Jean also talks about the oppression in Haiti while Roy Jones talks about the AIDS epidemic in Africa. “While we are a hip-hop magazine, we are not just a music magazine,” explains Editor-In-Chief Anslem Samuel. “Hip-hop culture is about many things in addition to music that includes politics, social issues, lifestyle and we appeal to all those aspects. So we want our covers to reflect that balance”.
In an exclusive interview THE AVE sits down with Lamot “Big L” Coleman’s mother Gilda Perry to talk about his unsolved murder and the role illegal firearms has had in our communities. Veteran Tony Touch sits down to discuss the growing popularity of DJ’s in hip-hop and his ten year career. To order a copy of the magazine log on to www.theavemagazine.com.
