I knew little about the music industry before becoming editor in chief of Honey, a young magazine for urban women, right after the somewhat anticlimactic shift from the 20th to the 21st century.

Kierna Mayo, a media maverick and an original staffer for groundbreaking hip-hop magazine The Source, has been one of the premier record-keepers of rap music. With an especial focus on the women of ...

The limited-edition print issue, published in collaboration with Mass Appeal, will include five original cover stories featuring Lil’ Kim, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and Swizz Beatz. Ebony is ...