E2K- EVERYTHING A WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW

By: Claira Calderone

When we are 2 years old, we have to learn the basic vocabulary of words and master the crawling to walking process, we also start to savor the delightful tastes of foods our mothers feed us. At 2 years old Ema Z. Ramos started to savor the feel of paper instead. All she knew was that the feel of paper excited her senses but never knew the power of her words would in her future entice many young women of today. At 8 years old she was a regular honorary on her high school hallways and at 14 years old she received her first payment for her lyrical powers. She wrote a song for a singer friend of hers and it was a wrap from then. Everything Ema Z. Ramos knows is just that, all she's ever known.

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The year was 2000 and it was the millennium boom. Bank accounts were being emptied in fears of technical malfunctions and music was facing a ever shifting change. Christopher "Big Pun" Rios left our world on February 7th but not without inspiring many. Ema Z. Rios is a product of Big Puns lyrical essence. She had reached her elementary peak with her creative expression and was instantly recognized and co-signed by Big Pun himself. The respected lyricist appreciated her work and was interested in her words, this in return made Ema open her eyes and want to put her pen and pad where her money is. She educated herself with all publication languages needed to launch a magazine. She lived at Barnes and Nobles, read everything ever printed and mastered the ever challenging color scheme mixture technique, most importantly Ema soaked her mind with all things print and publication. After all her hard work E2K was born. E2K stands for everything to know. It began as a hip hop magazine with an inspirational tribute to Big Pun for its first cover. It became an instant success and accepted by hip hop culture. But Ema felt uneasy with what was being delegated to the public through her publications and the direction hip hop was taking was challenging her creativity and was not one she wanted to cosign for. She took the magazine off print and launched E2K on the world dominating web. She re-traced her steps and researched her market, but most importantly her readers remained loyal to her words through her transition. Ema asked herself what encouraged her life and moved on. She has never wanted to be your average magazine, she wants to be one of your choices. She is inspired by real people, so she decided to just do that, create her empire around educating our young women, and her readers of today. She wanted to educate women of all races and genres on all we face and to let you know you are not alone, E2K is now here. Ema's goal is to speak to those women of today, the many readers who asked her why there aren't any stories on them, the women who have thriving jobs, cars and homes and manage all on their own. She made it her responsibility to go schools and speak to our young girls of today about not always being about yourself but about each other. "The young girls of today are all I, I, I, and me, me, me, is no longer about us, is our fault as women if we do not educate our daughters". With that said, she knows her realness is always recognized and shown by her loyal readers. "Once they pick up E2K and read my articles, they show respect", she proudly states.

E2K is a movement. It's first preview as a women's magazine was with world recognized DJ Lazy K. The premier issue featured the soulful belle Leela James, Issue 1 had a stunning Lumidee on the cover and Issue 2 was with the respected La Bruja. E2K's myspace page holds an import number of daily views and its publication has international readers from Europe to Japan, it was only right for Ema to tap into the evolutionary new world of Internet radio. E2K on the spot. She records herself where ever she is and asks regular people she encounters on the streets how they feel about certain topics on their minds, from politics to boyfriends, E2K covers it all. It airs every Saturday from 6-8pm eastern time. You can catch a listen on www.myspace.com/e2konthespot and www.1.fm. The radio show has been on for 3 weeks in 10 min segments and Ema is already being offered an extension of 30 minutes a segment. It is all distributed through RS Radio (Rise Up Radio).

Through all her transitions Ema learned to always stay true to the person she is. She speaks with such charisma and manner you cannot help but feel empowered and motivated with every word she expresses. She learned the ins and outs of this business professionally. As a woman there are times when is always drinks but never breakfast, making it prudent for business decisions to be made at 1 am with potential investors and colleagues. To Emma is part of the process. If it isn't from her industry nights on Thursdays in the Bronx to meetings with printers and castings to MTV reality shows, is about letting the young ladies of the world know to maybe close those legs a little more and open those books a little wider, better yet...open up the new issue of E2K Magazine with Cheri Dennis on the cover.

www.everything2know.com
www.myspace.com/e2kmagazine
www.myspace.com/e2konthespotwww.1.fm.