ABOUT BROOKLYN BODEGA:
The Brooklyn Bodega was started by a group of Hip Hop heads and creative cats in BKNY. We are the producers of the Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival and a number of events around the country. The Brooklyn Bodega crew serves it up daily on our blog, our features section and our other weekly antics. We also collaborate with a number of creative collectives to produce events, unique content, and all-around good stuff. The Brooklyn Bodega is a subsidiary of The Room Service Group. Join the Bodega to get updates about our events, enter our weekly trivia contests, and find out the latest and greatest all started here in BK.

Brooklyn Bodega creative services are available for hire to bring flavor to any project! From content creation to event production, the Bodega Fam has writers, illustrators, designers, production staff and branding geniuses on hand. Hit us up with your project ideas and we'll see how the Bodega crew can beef up any campaign.

**If you are interested in submitting an artist for our events, send an email with the subject line "Artists" to the email below. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS, MySpace Page or website links only please.

REACH OUT: info(at)brooklynbodega.com

ABOUT THE BODEGA AUDIENCE:
The key to the BrooklynBodega’s success is our ability to zero in and serve an underserved demographic.

Our readership is:
48% Female
45% African American
75% of live in metropolitan areas.
69% are in the 25-40 year old age range
71% hold bachelor and/or advanced degrees

This is the new Hip-Hop consumer. Racially diverse, educated, metro and cosmopolitan. The older Hip-Hop fan who is stuck between the new flavor of the day and the old school legend.  Still savvy enough to stay on top of new trends but old enough to appreciate the classics.People who grew up on Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop babies who are now Hip-Hop parents and adults. Not teenagers with limited buying power but entrepreneurs, bankers, artists, designers, teachers and lawyers with mortgages. Young, tech savvy, highly educated consumers who have little to no appreciation for the old media standards and the concepts of push marketing.  Trendsetters and tastemaker who hunger for the latest mp3, the limited edition sneaker.  They have a deep appreciation and respect for Hip-Hop culture’s past, present and future. Our editorial will cover music, business, politics, sports, fashion, and the arts from this unique perspective.

OUR EDITORIAL GUIDELINES:
Editorial Mission: To provide editorial content of the highest quality and integrity for the diverse and educated Hip-Hop reader.

The Bodega is a combination content site, blog and affinity group dedicated to the documentation, discussion and celebration of Hip-Hop culture in all its facets. This includes music, business, politics, fashion, and the ars.

• We are looking for writers who, first and foremost, have a deep and thorough interest and understanding of Hip-Hop culture.
• Writers must be able to express him/herself in a creative and succinct way.
• Writers must display a writing style that is both informed and intellectually
• Writers are expected to do conduct research for all submitted pieces.
• Writers must be technically savvy to the various protocols of digital media
• Writers are encouraged to contribute to the editorial calendar. Ideas, events, features, and interviews.