![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2, Issue 4: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Large Professor The 13 issues featured the following rap artists on the cover: However, it was most identified as a hip hop magazine. The last core member was designer Brent Rollins who joined the magazine in their third year and took over as art director.Įgo trip covered a range of so-called "underground" scenes, including skateboarders and punk/indie rockers before it became as commonplace as it is today. Likewise, the fourth core member, Gabriel Alvarez, was formerly an editor at the Los Angeles-based Rap Pages until ego trip recruited him, eventually making him managing editor. Technically, Jenkins and Wilson founded ego trip (with photographer/documentarian given honorary status as co-founder as well), though Mao was a part of the staff from the first issue and eventually became editor-in-chief after Jenkins left to become music editor at Vibe. All three (Jenkins, Wilson, and Mao) also had extensive freelance backgrounds writing for other publications such as Rap Pages, Vibe and URB. Sacha and Haji met and brought aboard both Elliott Wilson and later Jefferson "Chairman" Mao. The roots of the publication began with a hip hop newspaper called Beat-Down Newspaper, founded by Haji Akhigbade and Sacha Jenkins in 1992. ![]()
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