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RELEASED 02.10.2008 DGT DIGITAL: THE RESURRECTION...
At this same tyme, I'm doin' the knowledge on the scarcity of Black media outlets. Yo, when the Ancestorz wanna reach you, they don't alwayz take the sublime route, sometymz they'll literally drop somethin' in your lap! I'm goin' through my book (folder) of rhymes (ideas) and a piece I printed out 5 yearz ago slips out. It's on the Harlem Renaissance. If you're familiar it, good, if not, ya needz to read up on it! What struck me in particular was its mention of the Black Press. As Afrikanz migrated toward the north, we find the promotion came from black newspaperz like Marcus Garvey's 'Negro World', Robert S. Abbott's 'Chicago Defender', Robert L. Vann's 'Pittsburgh Courier' and Carl Murphy's 'Baltimore Afro-American'. I found that the hedz behind these publicationz and other notable celebrities were also radicalz, fighting against white oppression. Out of this era the Messenger Group was born around 1917. Shortly after, 'Messenger Magazine' was founded by Asa Phillip Randolph and Chandler Owen. The 'zine addressed issues and injustices our people were facing during world-war-one and achieved national publicity "by showing that progress towardz obtaining justice lay not in barren awareness and about race, or in dying and going to a white man's heaven, but in awareness and intelligent application of economic lawz, it opened new vistas to the mindz of thinking Negroes..." (World's Great Men of Color, Vol.2 p.615) Some notable cats were philosopher Dr. Hubert H. Harrison (who was also called the Black Socrates), historian Joel Augustus Rogers (J.A. Rogers), George S. Schuyler, Richard B. Moore, Walter Everette Hawkins, to name a few. I found that I started out just like many of these cats; a basic human being who aggressively sought further inner-standing to the often unanswered questionz of life and wanted to bring this awareness to our people. Many were writerz whose works were rejected, seen to be too controversial leaving only the pages of their own created publicationz as a home for their thoughts [I'm gonna drop a bomb on you about the Messeger Group in the 'Wordz 2 Ponder' section]. Learning about this group of some of our most elite Pan-Afrikan centered scholarz compelled me to find anutha way for DGT to be read in a more cost efficient way. Then it hits me... As much an advocate as I am on the unlimited opportunities the internet offerz, I realized DGT was ready for a transformation, a rebirth if you will... better yet, a resurrection! I believe I am the spirt of the Messenger Group reincarnate. You are now bearing witness to the future of interactive, digitally-created publicationz [throughout the issue there are loadz of interactive rollover links and streamed video—try it!]. DGT Digital N-Syder will be the same 'zine as the printed version, just tricked-out! *All subscriberz will witness the fusion of printed material with video and animation makin' it an experience like no other! So enjoy, tell your people's, and as alwayz, any kind of feedback is welcome! I welcome you to the world of DGT Digital! Bless...
*Subscriberz will receive access to exclusive DGT content and releases. RELEASED 01.25.2007 THE STATUS OF DGT As technology advances, so must we. One of my biggest goalz in life has alwayz been to enable Da Ghetto Tymz magazine to outlive me. For almost 14 yearz and 116 issues, DGT has survived the ever-growing magazine publishing industry. 14 yearz is an achievement for me because we did it with no advertising dollarz! If you look at most magazines’ and newspaperz, you will find without advertiserz, they wouldn’t be able to remain in business. As controversial a publication as DGT is, I knew it would be quite difficult to land advertiserz. I knew this comin’ in. Which is Y we created other vehicles like our line of products found on our onlinestore, to enable us to exist. Bein' honest, it's hard to push paperz in the dayz of this technological internet-based boom. I’ll also admit that when I decided to start DGT back in 1993, I didn’t have a business plan, I had an emotional vendetta; I wanted to create an outlet for Afrikanz to read ‘alternative information.’ Over the yearz, I’ve learned printing a magazine is a business – that’s if you want to stay alive. More and more I realized we were approaching a crossroad. I had to make a business decision, not an emotional one. I say this because I know many still prefer to have somethin’ in their handz to read rather than stare at a computer screen. And I know, although it's 2007, many of our people STILL do not have internet access. But it’s the future I have to think about. As we speak, hedz are able to download tv showz and watch on their computer. The future, no the present is now! For DGT to survive, better business decisionz have to be made. See, if DGT is a hobby (and it isn’t), then finances would not be a problem, therefore I wouldn’t have to worry about the financial repercussionz of publishing a magazine. But, like many of you, I am not in line to heir a line of wealth from my family, and I’m not a lottery player. This is a business and to continue to exist as a business, one must turn a profit. One must continue to search for wayz that will lower costs while at the same tyme expand readership. The publishing industry is shaky. One month you may make your quota in subscriptionz, the next you won't. And with limited distribution, it's hard to gather new subscriberz. One major obstacle has been distribution. To date, there simply aren’t enuff Afrikan bookstores or bodega’s to enable us to reach hedz. Havin' limited outlets has alwayz been an Achilles for our Marketing department. In order for an issue to get in your handz, a consistent sum of money is needed to make this happen. As a business, one’s goal should be to make it back and hopefully turn a profit so that you can print additional issues. Havin’ no advertisement to assist in covering these costs, we've countered by developing products to offset the cost of the hardcopy edition, and although our sales are up, the magazine itself takes away from those profits. This just doesn’t make business-sense. The blessing is we’ve been fortunate to keep pace with the internet’s growin’ technology. Before the internet really caught on in the mid-1990s, we already had a website; while hedz were still lookin’ at lecture videos on VHS and before homemade DVD videos were made, we already released several DVD lectures; and month’s before there was a YouTube or MySpace where you could watch video online, we released DGTv. Each quarter our web stats grow an average 15-20% provin’ the power to reach hedz around the globe is more fact than theory. So I know where the future lies, people are relyin’ more on gettin’ their information off the internet rather than wait for the next printed edition. Todayz newspaperz can’t release current newz fast enuff, settling to recap yesterdayz events (which they alwayz have), whereas with the internet, you can log on to your favorite site and get breakin’ newz as it happenz. So! Effective January 2007, DGT will be published digitally as an e-zine (electronically) four-to-six editionz per calendar year with an increase of two-to-four additional issues in 2008. The site (Daghettotymz.com) itself will be updated on a weekly/bi-weekly basis. We will also print up to four hardcopy editionz this year and make a final decision of DGTs hardcopy future by June 1st. Please note this will in no way affect our current subscriberz. If you subscribed prior to January 2007, you will receive all six issues you paid for. We ask for all our current subscriberz to email us with your full name, address and email address so that we can set your account up at esubscriber@daghettotymz.com. You will receive detailz on the status of yoru subscription shortly thereafter. All digital e-zine subscriptionz will be $10.00 USD (int'l $15.00 USD) for the year. We believe movin’ towardz a web-based magazine will be beneficial to DGT as a magazine and more importantly, you, the reader! Some perks to our e-zine include the speed at which you will have access to each issue. As an e-subscriber, you will have exclusive access to areas of our site our regular free userz will not, like select articles, video and audio lectures, podcasts, interactive and video archives as well as inside access to interviewz and other ‘behind-the-scenes’ newz. This will be called ‘DGT720’ where you’ll have access to 720 degreez of knowledge and information. In addition, our e-zine allowz you to build your own collection of archived DGTs. As we all know, newspaperz and magazines have limited shelf life. This process will be simple. As each edition becomes available, all e-subscriberz will receive notification via email with both a limited link to download the edition as well as password-protected page to view online. You will be able to read it in Adobe Acrobat as well as the new FlashPaper. The same scenario will happen with exclusive releases on the site. It is our hope that you see this as a re-birth into the new age of technology where you will be able to obtain ‘conscious-alternative-thought’ information in both an interactive and edutainable way. We hope you will continue to support us as we continue to create products and innovative wayz for you to have access to Knowledge of Self! Reespek, M’Bwebe Aja Ishangi
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RELEASED 07.16.2006 POLITIC'S AS USUAL... I began to write, and write, and write so much that I now needed someone to read it. I literally walked into the magazine biz ass-backwardz, havin’ no experience nor training in this game, just a passion to speak what was on my mind. Today we have our 114th issue, a bangin’ website (if I must say), a newly-launched .tv site (DGTv), about to publish our first book (Analitikul), created our animated design company – Nebulution Studios – which will release several film project. Be on the lookout in 2006 – and our sister-site – ConsciousHiphop.com! A lot has come from me just wantin’ to ‘run my mouth!’ But what’s most important is the need to go further, ‘cause consciousness ain’t for everybody, but it needz to be!! I’m steady grindin’ on wayz to compete with the bling, sex and rap media outlets that do nothin’ more than cause temporary erectionz and unfulfilled stimulated intellect. Life is more than that and our aim is to continue to arouse the mental! DGTv: CONSCIOUS WEBVISION We unfortunately stereotypically continue to look at books as cryptonite. With DGTv we’ve simplified the way one can become enlightened and educated. We hope by watching our, what we call Video Articles or VAs, the viewer will be empowered and intrigued to do further research (meaning, they’ll pick up a book)! It is tyme this generation upgrades ‘the movement’ from inherited struggle to profitable enterprises! There is no reason Y you have to be conscious and broke! In fact, it should be viewed as contradictory! If you can have wealth in your mind and awareness of yourself, translating that into material/physical wealth is the true comprehension of it! Afterall, if the Universe is Mental, it is each and everyone’s responsibility to bring something that would upgrade our people’s status, that’s what distinguishes a people’s greatness! So, in celebration of our 13th year, we hope you feelin’ the new redesign and layout of the 'zine and site (thanx to Nebulution Studios). We thank you all for your support (and patience) over the yearz and hope in some way we were of some help in your mental, spiritual, physical and cultural development. Respectfully, ————————— Our intent at DGT is to deliver balanced info. Of all the conspiraceez a'gwan, we will deliver spiritual/metaphysical info to counter what YTs doin' with what WE could be doing because the most important thing is balance. We live in a physical world, but macrocozmically, we are of the spiritual realm. This is a realm YTs dominated society does not want us to vybrate on. Just as they told Afrikanz-in-America during the early 1900s to not listen to Garvey — who wanted to go back to Afrika to claim our natural resources Cecil Rhodes, Lord Rothschilds and Rockefeller were stealing — and stay in America 'cause "we built this country," they do not want us to deal with the spiritual. They want us to continue to plot our reactionary evolution (not revolution) physically. This is also Y they spiritually divert us with the confusion man-made religion bringz. NOTE: Religion has no use in spiritual warfare. enter daghettotymz.com current pieces >> *NOTE: In order to view DGTv, you must have FlashPlayer 8 installed on your computer in order to view. For the FREE download, click here. |
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[ONE SUMMER NITE, JUNE 2007]
So I'm sittin' in the lab, just completed my book, 'Analitikul' and my fingerz are still movin' like their on my keyboard. "Yo,
I ain't put out an issue in a madd long tyme," I thought to myself. DGT been on hiatus 'cause frankly, it costs too dam much to print and distribute!
I ask myself, am I runnin' a business or is DGT a hobby
of sorts? Whatever it is, I gotta make a decision 'cause DGT is now a teenager (15 yearz, April'08) and like
any growing child, it needz
new clothes—well, computer upgrade, increased marketing/distribution, y'kno, teenagerz hafta have shit! But as much as I wanna feed this child,
it needz a new kind of diet, yeah, a more wholistic-cost-effiective one—and we all know how expensive organic food is! 
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