'Bridgez' to Focus on Hispanic Hip-Hop

NEW YORK Bridgez, a new bimonthly English-language magazine about the Hispanic veins of hip-hop culture, will hit newsstands in late April in California, New Jersey, New York, Miami and Chicago, according to creator Charlie Nunez, 21, who developed the periodical to target young, urban Latinos with his partner, Ariel Gonzalez, 22.

Backed by an initial investment of $120,000 in private equity and sponsorship from CNI Productions, a private company that produces parties for the music industry, the quarterly magazine will focus on aspects of hip-hop that are of particular interest to Hispanics, such as fashion, urban music and graffiti, Nunez said.

Originally,