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Cynthia Horner, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Cynthia Horner
Date: Time Period: 1970 - 2015; 2015-12-15; Interview recorded: December 15, 2015 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:34:27
Creator: Cynthia Horner interviewed by Naomi Williams Identifier: aql:19996 qmp-ch-full-000005

Description: Cynthia Horner is the Editor in Chief of Hip Hop Weekly Magazine. In this interview, she discusses how her love of reading and her interest in journalism led her into the field. She also talks about getting her start at Right On! magazine. Cynthia talks about the changes of Hip Hop from when it began in the 1970s and how widespread it is today, and how hip hop has enriched the community. She also owns a photo agency with her husband and a public relations firm.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20039

Creator : Cynthia Horner interviewed by Naomi Williams

Date : Time Period: 1970 - 2015; 2015-12-15; Interview recorded: December 15, 2015

Summary/Description : Cynthia Horner is the Editor in Chief of Hip Hop Weekly Magazine. In this interview, she discusses how her love of reading and her interest in journalism led her into the field. She also talks about getting her start at Right On! magazine. Cynthia talks about the changes of Hip Hop from when it began in the 1970s and how widespread it is today, and how hip hop has enriched the community. She also owns a photo agency with her husband and a public relations firm.

Subject : Hip-hop; African American journalists; Rap (Music); Hip Hop Weekly Magazine; Right on! magazine

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Queens, NY Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:34:27

Identifier : aql:19996 qmp-ch-full-000005

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Hip-hop; African American journalists; Rap (Music); Hip Hop Weekly Magazine; Right on! magazine

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