Word Up! Seven early issues of the teen hip hop magazine

by Kate Ferguson, Scott Mitchell Figman, -in-Chief, Publisher

$1,800 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

River Edge, NJ: Word Up! 1990-1992. It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazine, Biggie Smalls rapped on his debut single in 1994, the classic hip hop track Juicy. Seven issues from the early days of that magazine are presented here, sold as a lot. Vol. 3 No. 11; Vol. 4 Nos. 3, 10, & 11; Vol. 5, Nos. 4 & 5; special issue Rap Masters from March 1990. Staple bound wraps. Very Good+ condition

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