We had the good fortune of connecting with Patrick Gloster and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Patrick, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
Well I was a music manager at one point, and at the time it was hard for me to get my artists shows in the city of Valdosta. At that time several artists had each club on every side of the city on lock. You basically had to go through them if you wanted to perform. I use to hear a lot of artists complain about not having the same opportunity as the artists that basically had the city on lock. I wanted to be the voice of reasoning. I wanted to create a platform where the independent artist can be heard, That’s where The R Report came about. The R Report was started to spotlight the talent in my area of the 229, and the 912 areas. I was just blessed that it grew into something that I couldn’t even imagine. I never thought that I would talk to, or even interview someone like a DJ Kid Capri, or a Murphy Lee, Skooly, Dae Dae, Trouble, Hot Boy Turk, just to name a few. That was the thought process behind starting my own magazine.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Well I started The R Report Magazine off a blog on another website called mafiamixtapes.com. Every week I was interview different independent artists, or featuring different indie artist in Mixtape of the Week, or the Indie Spotlight. Once we made that transition from a blog to an online magazine. It gave us much more of a reach. Like getting our official website for The R Report. Along with that we got to do some high profile interviews like the one with DJ Kid Capri, Murphy Lee, Bang’em Smurf, Bigg Jigg, Sunny NY, Posta Boi, just to name a few. After doing them high profile interviews, we started printing in 2014. I would say that once we started to print the physical copies of the magazine, that’s where the difficult part came in at. It’s most definitely a process when printing the physical copies. A lot of editing, and you can rush or you will make plenty of editorial mistakes. I would say around the third physical issue that we released, I started to getting better with everything. Some people think that print is dead, but I say that it’s not. It’s very much alive. Long as you got the best content that the consumers want, it will sell. I want the world to know that I started The R Report from a blog on someone else website, and I would have never thought that The R Report would be what it is today. We’re literally getting ready for a nationwide launch through 250 Books A Million retailers. Never give up on your dreams, turn them into a reality.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I would love to go to Italy, that’s just somewhere that I want to take a trip in the near future. If my friend wanted to take like a guy trip, I think that Destin Florida would be cool. That’s a beautiful place that I would love to go back to. Plenty of places to eat, and the view is beautiful, and peaceful. I love wings, buffalo wings, and Hennessy lol

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I want to give a shout out to everyone who supported me, and believed in the magazine. Shout out to my parents for believing in my dream, and telling me not to give up. Shout out to Samantha Davis, the mother of my child for her steady support from the start. Shout out to Big Nick, DJ Tremayne, DJ Swin, DJ Rhane, DJ Kamm, DJ Big Twin, and Rina Kreeps for believing in my vision, and their constant support.

Website: www.therreportmag.com

Instagram: @therreportmagazine

Twitter: @TheRReport1

Facebook: TheRReportMagazine

Image Credits
All the images credits are property of Patrick Gloster, and The R Report Magazine

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