BIG UP ONE
Big Up! We're here. Enjoy the good read.
Big up all massive and crew!
So after long days and sleepless nights of vanila bean tea, marlboro ultra lights, nutella, endless emails and ocasional break downs I am finally ready to anounce the first issue of the best freaking magazine in the world! That's right I said it! And in the good new tradition of the Big Up Mag I want to big up all of the crew and good people who got involved and contributed:
Lud for being the jedi-manager and partner in crime, feeding me mochi ice cream and vitamins c&d, reggae mixes for photoshop mood, excell spreadsheets I never looked at, and for making this whole thing possible, Ric for great taste in music, introducing me to afrostep, the very first myspace comment and all the support and contribution from then on, Nicole for all the love, inspiration, contribution and for being the coolest girl out there (<3 and see ya soon). Andria for late night conversations, inspiration, flyer hustling, and leg warmers for my field trip, (all commas in the magazine belong to you, Andria), Anna for being there when it all started and being there whatever happens (!), Lorin for all the hippest art magazines, flyer colabs and support with the launch, Clayton, JSuave and Sam for writing like rock stars, Mikey for not hanging up when I called up in the middle of the night with the "Big Up" idea, and ALL the love and help along the way, Sean for inspiration and support, Ruben, Dan, Nick, Gary, Alex for the hook-ups with cool stuff, Giant crew for all the great dubs (proud of you guys), Daniel, Juakali, Maneesh, Miro, Luke, Crystal for bigging us up and of course all the amazing and talanted people who made the content of the first issue. Fuck, I'm gonna cry now... Big Up.
BIG UP STORY
Big Up is an independent quarterly magazine about contemporary art, underground music, revolutionary people and street culture.
- We're bigging up art that stops, wows and provokes thoughts and actions
- We're biggin up music that empowers, enlightens and looks forward.
- We're bigging up people who act, inspire and start revolutions.
- And that is our culture.
Big Up (noun) origin - Jamaican 1980s. singular and plural.
1. An expression of support or encouragement.
2. An expression of remembrance.
Origin - "Up" is an English term used to mean elevation. Therefore the term
"Big Up" literally means to elevate highly or to a superlative degree.
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