Hip Hop Weekly Magazine

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Benzino and Dave Mays, the founders of The Source Magazine, launched their new magazine Hip Hop Weekly on newsstands on Oct 16, 2006. It is the world’s first weekly hip hop magazine^{[citation needed]}. The magazine was launched in high glossy form on Jan 2007. Hip Hop Weekly Magazine was recognized by the prominent MIN Awards as one of the 15 top new magazines of the year, beating more than 700 new magazines^{[citation needed]}.

The magazine features major contributions from some the best known writers and radio hosts in hip hop. Such as Wendy Williams and Star who both have their own weekly columns in the magazine. Hip Hop Weekly is sold mainly at super markets, air ports and convenience stores. As well as traditional major news-stands and book stores.