As The Source shuffle continues, the former COO of the magazine has moved on and will launch is own mag. Jeremy Miller will release DOWN magazine- “Dedicated to Southern Hip-Hop Music and Culture.” The first issue will be available on newsstands July 26th throughout 16 “southern” states. Unlike any other hip-hop publication, new and emerging artists from the South can now document their own culture in DOWN.
DOWN will focus on the budding “southern” hip-hop culture in states as far west as Texas and Oklahoma and as far north as Kansas and Missouri. The magazine will also shine light on a great deal of the up and coming talent that have yet to be heard.
“As an artist, a major element of hip-hop has always been to represent where you’re from and be proud of it,” says Jeremy Miller, publisher of DOWN. “Hip-hop has largely been reported from an East coast perspective, primarily because it was nurtured on the streets of New York, thus leaving the rest of the country in the dark. However, today the airwaves are dominated by southern and mid-west hip-hop artists and DOWN will be the only magazine to turn to for the most comprehensive news on them,” he added.
