Pound (magazine)
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Pound is a Toronto
-based hip hop
magazine that is distributed for free across Canada. Founded in 1998 and beginning publication in December 1999, Pound is published quarterly. As of July 2009, the magazine had published 42 issues.
, Andrew Cappell, Kostas Pagiamtzis and Christian Pearce in May 1998. Its current editor is Rodrigo Bascunan. Since its inception, the magazine has been known for its sense of humor and political content, specifically the "Babylon System" column that would eventually spawn a book. The magazine has featured many luminaries in its pages, often highlighting artists before their big breaks. Pound has won the Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMA) Publication of The Year in 2004 and 2005. The awards have not been handed out since.
Toronto
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-based hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
magazine that is distributed for free across Canada. Founded in 1998 and beginning publication in December 1999, Pound is published quarterly. As of July 2009, the magazine had published 42 issues.
History
Pound was founded by Rodrigo BascunanRodrigo Bascunan
Rodrigo Salago Bascuñán is a Canadian author who is best known for his non-fiction book Enter The Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent.- Biography :...
, Andrew Cappell, Kostas Pagiamtzis and Christian Pearce in May 1998. Its current editor is Rodrigo Bascunan. Since its inception, the magazine has been known for its sense of humor and political content, specifically the "Babylon System" column that would eventually spawn a book. The magazine has featured many luminaries in its pages, often highlighting artists before their big breaks. Pound has won the Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMA) Publication of The Year in 2004 and 2005. The awards have not been handed out since.