Publisher J.G. Editor in Chief Mills Johnson President/ Director Operations Michal Williams Circulation Manager Nikita Harper Graphic designers Nicholas Butler Ricardo hospedales Staff Writers L’Oreal Goggins Antonio Lewinson Michal Williams Kenya Jackson Photography Shah The Shahgrapher AL Joshua Johnson POSES PHOTOGRAPHY
What a difference a month can make. Some internal ups and downs can really let you know who your true friends are in this business called media.
With the sudden passing Rodney King and Actress Yvette Wilson what ese can be said about the month of June is sometimes we as humans have to find a way to soldier on. no matter what fate my bring to the table.
For instance the killer of TrayMartin was able to walk
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freely during his trial but the nation has slowly started to forget that tragedy at hand because wearing a hoodie became trendy.
Michael Jackson once said “they don’t care about us” so should we learn to accept things for what they are and not what you want them to be.through faith, determination and stregnth you will achieve all goals.
Vol.1 issue 2
Contents Wayne C Tha Coach
Augusta’s Rising Star Lack of activities for youth’s of Augusta. Can You feel The Music? PSA Sagging the new word for N*&&#R Poet’s Corner Fashion Forward
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aturday June 5 Eagles Nest Broad Street Augusta GA. The drinks were good and atomospher real chilled. The DJ was On Point and the Crowd was beautiful.We got entertained by a few local performers. The Event was hosted by foxxy 103’s Own Flacco
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rowing up in the 90’s i remember this fad that started when Hip-Hop changed to so call gangster rap that ran amuck all the way up to congress. As kids we wanted to imitate the style so suddenly wearing your pants on your waste no longer was the cool thing to do. Sagging them slightly off your waist line became increasingly popular until Kriss-Kross came out with their “jump video� from there (totally crossed out) Album, Even their backwards style never caught on but the un-limitations of how a young man should sag their pants did. I am not saying they started this trend but Looking at grown ass men and little boys constantly pulling up their pants gets
very irritating and makes me wonder do they really love being calling Saggin (Ni**as) backwards.I am not saying music has destroyed the way our teens and kids dress but it has played a major part in it though. Sagging gotten so bad in the City of Atlanta that
they passed a ban on sagging pants(: Baggy Pants: Outlawed in Atlanta? Aug. 24, 2007: abc news). So with this much to say is this trend or an epidemic with a sad case of piss Poor role models. (Celebri-
ties).If you ask a Police officer who is easier to chase and arrest they will tell you the young men with their pants hanging all off of their ass damn near down to their knees. So I guess in a prison code he is available to everybody. A trend that has started into the most homosexual places of practice is now passed as a law to stop kids from literally showing there asses. Better role models equals better communities.
I daydream of the art you posses accenting your body. running my fingers over your skin feeling every raised line, every ink print, every detailed delicate design. Your muscles make them come alive. you exhale & its a mural of exquisite display for me to see. My own exhibit to admire. I don't want nutn from you baby. I get mine just from touching you. this masterpiece that covers you. we share a similar therapy, a similar fetish. Of ink against skin, imprinted within the outline of a symbolic work of art. the more it stings the more I forget the pain inside. Whether it be the fact that I have struggled to survive the days since the moment I was considered alive and immediately began to die. Or whether it be the multitude of hopeless love I have trapped in my being waiting for someone worthy to enough to release it and
caress it and treat it right. Or whether its just to feel the pain to remind myself that I am strong and I can endure. I don't know if its the same for you but to me tattoos are beautiful.
They take the canvass of a simply sensual structure and paint it into a seductive portrait. I can only imagine the many curves of your muscles embroidered with twists and turns of a image that i can only hope goes on forever. And I want to take the time and take my time to memorize it
with my finger tips with my lips with my tongue if you please I would love to be your examiner. the burn of your proce-
dure burning in my chest and never put to rest it is you my tattoo artist. It is you who can take this supple sheet of mahogany paper and apply your needle to the colors of the earth and embed them into me slowly and shallow
then fast and deep moving across the area like a conductor to his symphony it is you who wipes the excess off and cools the heat that comes from this beauty it is you who can do this and it is you who I lay here teeth clinched begging you to stop but not really wanting you to stop because I know the end result will be alluring and vivid. And after youre done you wrap me up in a cloth so I cant lick my wounds and you tell me to marinate in it. Submissively I obey because you have left your mark permanently and I loved it. This is why they say tattoos are addictive and baby I'm addicted. Its so taboo to love tattoos. And my tattoo artist be killing it. By Loreal Goggins
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et’s talk about the younger generation‌every day we turn on the television and see another one of our youths being criticized or arrested and we shake our heads like what is this world coming to, what is Augusta becoming? Some may say a trap, some may say the ghetto, and some may even say it’s turning into the streets of Atlanta. So what do we do or what can we do to better the community for our children? In my opinion, give them more to do. There are only a few decent community centers in Augusta that have
decent activities for them to engage in. As far as going out and having fun only a few drama free venues in the downtown area. But do they know about them? I rarely see advertisements about the community centers or these type of events around town. The only way to find them is word of mouth or googling it on the internet. Crime within our youth has a lot to do with education. We have to demand that our kids are educated. The school systems around the country seem to struggle in this aspect, where crime, in turn could be the result
of failing schools in the inner city in every city in America. Furthermore, not with just our school system, it starts with the parents who should not only teach right and wrong but should be involved in their lives as well as getting them involved in the community. It’s not necessarily the lack of available places because there are places out there for example the Y and various community centers in each school district. It’s just that a lot
of them are damaged or need improvement. The decent ones that offer programs are only known by the individuals that already attend or work there. It would be nice to see on the television or hear on the radio about a boys and girls club hosting an event or one of the local community centers coming out to the schools to recruit individuals for their programs. The tone for each program is to make being successful
a trend. And not just “hood rich” successful but send out a ripple where the message is that its "cool" to strive for excellence. If we expect the generation to do better we should give them something better to do. Ways to express themselves and occupy their time. As well as making sure the events are safe and have adequate security. It took too many people to be killed for the clubs to beef up the security and now that they have we should make sure that they keep up the momentum. I know it sounds easier than actually implementing it in the community and in the streets but it takes dedication and drive. It takes all of us coming together and sticking to it. It takes a village to raise our children and Augusta should be like a village to make our way of life better. Let’s think about the future. Let’s think about our younger generation.
IAMU: WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Wayne C: San Antonio, TX. But I’ve been living in Augusta, Ga. since 2003 due to the Army. When I got out of the Army we decided to stay in Ga. because of business ties. IAMU: HOW DID YOU GET YOUR NAME? Wayne C: Growing up, I was always the one my friends looked up to and came to for advice. A friend of mine in the military was talking one day and he said my rap name should be the Coach. It just fit perfectly. I’ve been the Coach ever since. IAMU: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC FOR AN AUDIENCE THAT NEVER HEARD YOU BEFORE? Wayne C: My music can be described as a unique southern blend of my native Texas and my new home of Ga. I have a versatile flow that keeps my audiences locked in no matter their age. IAMU: AS A CHILD GROWING UP, MUSIC SURROUNDS US; WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DID YOU HEAR THE MOST BACK THEN? Wayne C: To be honest, before rap hit the airwaves I was listening to whatever was on the radio. Rock, country, pop and r&b. I believe that is what makes me stand out as an artist. I know a lot about all genres of music. Rock was dominating back then.
Wayne C: Yeah I’m pretty much locked in to Hip Hop and R&B now. But I do still tune in to alternative stations just to stay diverse. WHAT WAS THE FIRST SONG THAT YOU EVER SANG? HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL?
Wayne C: The first song I ever sang was just me freestylin back in the days with friends. Cyfers. We would rap to whatever beat that was playin or someone would start beatboxin. It was a good feeling when IAMU: DOES IT DIFFER FROM people were 100% tuned in WHAT YOU LISTEN TO NOW?
to me when I was rappin. IAMU: WHAT MADE YOU FIRST REALIZE YOU WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MUSIC? Wayne C: I wanted to be an artist when I was back home in San Antonio, Texas and my partna owned a carwash together. When it was slow we would write songs to jack beats. I stayed with it. This was after college.
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IAMU: WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY? Wayne C: Dealing with fakes. Not very many honest people in the business from the bottom to the top. IAMU: YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE TERM “STARVING ARTISTS”? HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DEAL WITH THIS OBSTACLE? Wayne C: Maintain my way of living. I’m good now. Not gonna hurt me if I never make it to that A list. Although I have dreams and goals that I want to reach, I’m blessed now. I’m living somebody’s dream now. Can’t get caught up in that life. That’s how you lose everything including your loved ones. IAMU: IF YOU COULD PERFORM WITH ANYONE IN THE WORLD, EITHER DEAD, ALIVE OR BROKE UP WHO WOULD IT BE? WHY? NAME UP TO THREE
Wayne C: Biggie, Pac and Beyonce. Biggie and Pac because they are the best that ever did it and Beyonce because she is the greatest entertainer in the business now. We could make some great music.
IAMU: IF YOU HAD FIVE MINUTES TO PERFORM ONE SONG WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? Wayne C: “Candy”. It doesn’t matter what crowd I’m performing in front of. It will work.
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