''25 Magazine'' was an

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s, entertainment and culture magazine headquartered in

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History

In January 2008, the magazine launched online as ''The Grind Magazine'' and covered careers, student life, entertainment, social issues and academics but later relaunched and rebranded in August 2008 as ''25 Magazine'', refocusing its content to cater to a niche audience of

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in metropolitan cities.

Awards

In September 2009, ''25 Magazine'' was the recipient of the "popular vote" award in the 2009

Black Weblog Awards The Black Weblog Awards was an online awards event which recognizes bloggers of African-American descent for their contributions in blogging, video blogging, and podcasting. The Black Weblog Awards started in 2005 with 11 categories, and grew to ...

in the "Best Post Series" category for their "Starving Artists" feature series which at the time featured artists

U-N-I U-N-I (short for "U-N-I to the Verse") are a hip hop duo from Inglewood, Los Angeles, consisting of Y-O (born Yonas Semere Michael) and Thurzday (born Yannick Koffi).Smith, Camilo (2008)U-N-I will host party at Holy Grail sneaker shop tonight; ...

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, and producer and video blogger, Jabari Johnson.Black Weblog Award
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External links

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