Word Up Magazine is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 focusing on teen entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...

 and music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

. Michaelene was very popular in the 1980s.

The magazine mostly covers information concerning rap, Hip-hop and R&B music.
Its main focus is African American teen singers, rappers, models, and prodigies.

The magazine comes out monthly and usually has many posters and contests for fans of famous "To Die For" celebrities.

In Fall 2006 Run-DMC's Rev Run's daughter Angela Simmons had a mini mag with Word Up called Angela's Rundown. It was to generate interest and give Angela her own spin off magazine. In November 2007 Word Up printed Angela's own stand alone magazine that had Bow Wow, Omarion

Omarion

Omari Ishmael Grandberry better known as Omarion, is an American R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and former lead singer of the R&B group, B2K. Omarion was spotted at a young age by a manager, Christopher B. Stokes, who took a liking to his vocal abilities...

, and herself on the cover.

Trivia

The late rapper Notorious B.I.G. referenced the magazine in his song "Juicy

Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)

"Juicy" is a song by hip hop artist The Notorious B.I.G. and his solo debut single from his 1994 debut album Ready to Die. It was produced by Poke of Trackmasters & Sean "Puffy" Combs. Its melody is sampled from Mtume's "Juicy Fruit", and has an alternative chorus sung by R&B girl group Total...

". He opens with the line "It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine".

This lyric of "It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine" also appears in Biggie's verse in Jay-Z's song, "A Dream".