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Issue 01 · Cover stories
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HeemBugg: Small Town Baby, Worldwide Dreams
From church drums in Dade City to stages with Boosie Badazz, the Street Grindaz Entertainment rapper and producer is building his run one release at a time.
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Big Amp: Every Team Needs a Quarterback
The strategist behind 20+ years of Southern hip-hop rollouts, and the QB1 playbook he now offers artists, labels and brands.
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C Bear: Clean Laughs, Real Stories
From rural Alabama to a Navy deployment in Afghanistan to Atlanta's comedy stages, a comic who never runs out of material.
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