BRICK was founded in 2015 and is published biannually in a 260-page print edition that chronicles the current state of hip-hop and its ever-expanding cultural impact. The magazine honours the genre's forefathers, sheds light on lost legends, and celebrates the most cutting-edge contemporary artists — treating hip-hop not as a single musical genre but as a sprawling cultural ecosystem that touches fashion, visual art, language, politics, and the way entire generations understand themselves.
At 260 pages, each issue is substantial enough to function as a reference work — a document of a moment in hip-hop that will look different six months later but will never be fully replaced. The editorial approach combines reverence for the culture's history with genuine excitement about its present, a balance that is harder to achieve than it sounds in a genre where nostalgia and innovation are in constant tension.
The name BRICK suggests foundation, weight, permanence — the building material from which something lasting is constructed. It is an apt title for a publication that treats hip-hop as exactly that: not a trend to be surfed but a culture to be built, brick by brick, issue by issue.