After three successful years as the voice of the underground hip hop/rap music community in Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, The Promoter Magazine expanded their print publication into the Midwest. It is currently distributed in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Atlanta, St. Louis, Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

, East St. Louis

East St. Louis, Illinois

East St. Louis is a city located in St. Clair County, Illinois, USA, directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 27,006, less than one-third of its peak of 82,366 in 1950...

, Cleveland, Dayton

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

, Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

, Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

, Cincinnati, Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

, Gary

Gary, Indiana

Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...

, Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, and Atlanta, as well as internationally in Toronto

Toronto

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 and Windsor, Ontario

Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...

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Its goal is to provide both entertaining articles and also marketing and promotions for independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

s, major record labels, and small businesses to help them get their message out about their products and services.

The Promoter Magazine also provides information about the music industry and tools for independent artists. They are developing an online distribution company eMusic Digital for rappers singers, deejays, music producers and aspiring artists to come and launch CD projects. In addition, The Promoter Magazine is launching a new internet radio

Internet radio

Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...

 station called: THE PROMOTER LIVE. It will play uncensored music 24 hours a day, allowing underground artists to submit their music and get it played: specializing in underground rap, with a strong focus on hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 and R&B.

Trivia

• Known as "The Voice of the Midwest"
• Alex Thomas, the creator of The Promoter Magazine, also founded The Midwest Urban Film Festival
  The Midwest Urban Film Festival
  The Midwest Urban Film Festival takes place in the United States. The Film Festival is a for profit organization for the fund raising and development of independent film companies. Founded by Alex Thomas, creator of The Promoter Magazine, the festival’s goal it to become an international...
  
  , and the 1st Annual festival will take place at Cobo Hall
  Cobo Hall
  Gavin Hamilton memorial arena is a major convention center situated along Jefferson Ave. in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. Designed by Gino Rossetti, opened in 1960. Expanded in 1989, the present complex contains of exhibition...
  
   in Detroit: July 28-30, 2006.

External links

• Official Website for The Promoter Magazine
• The Midwest Urban Film Festival