I was serious when I said this was a light week but I couldn’t let the day go by without pointing you to this quite interesting interview by Slav Kandyba with Mimi, Dave and Benzino from Hip Hop Weekly.

Some quick high points:

Mimi clarifies that, "It’s not a tabloid."

[The assumption that Hip Hop Weekly would be a tabloid arose from possibly mistaken impressions brought on by the circulation of what is probably a fake mockup of Hip Hop Weekly that someone put together after finding the logo through the U.S. trademarks offices.]

Benzino name checks BitterVibes.com but it’s the wrong address if he’s referring to the blog bittervibes.

[Hey, me too!]

Mimi says the weekly magazine was Benzino’s idea.

[No comment.]

Slav Kandyba name checks ProHipHop in a question!

[Two firsts - ProHipHop is mentioned at AllHipHop and, better yet, an actual reporter (Slav's more than just an occasional contributor to AllHipHop) uses a notion raised at ProHipHop in an investigative manner.  I'll take more of both, please.]

Benzino name checks BitterVibes.com but it’s the wrong address if he’s referring to the blog bittervibes.

On a related note, bittervibes points out that monthly "hip-hop magazines don’t have sh*t to talk about so what in the hell is a weekly going to say?"

Ok, I’m out.

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Source 2.0: Dave Mays, Benzino, Mimi Valdes, Wendy Williams, Star & Buc Wild To Bring You Hip Hop Weekly!!!