Bored Ape Yacht Club partners with Rolling Stone for a special magazine edition

Rolling Stone revealed its partnership deal with Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) for a special featuring in its world-famous magazine. Based on the agreement, the publication will bring never-before-seen BAYC artwork and other designs to its pages.

It was reported that Rolling Stone’s featuring of BAYC will be a “limited edition” release and will occupy 20 pages. The artwork and designs are said to have been created in collaboration with various creators such as Claire Salvo and TimpersHD.

Coin Rivet reported via Yahoo Finance that the limited edition Rolling Stone magazine featuring the Bored Ape Yacht Club would also include the first sketches of the “swamp club,” which contain insights into the original apes that was designed by the BAYC collection. Details about how the creators of BAYC brought their ideas to life through the NFTs will also be shared in the magazine.

“Bonded by a shared love of Eighties hardcore and Nineties hip-hop, the creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club make more than NFTs - they built an immersive, fantastical world,” the description on the upcoming Rolling Stone BAYC magazine reads. “Now, for the first time, the iconic ape goes to print in this Rolling Stone special collector’s edition zine created in partnership with the Bored Ape Yacht Club.”

The description also mentioned the other collaborators for some of the exclusive designs that will appear in the magazine, and they are Dario de Siena, Crypto Geisha, German, and Jeneva. Buyers can also expect to see the original apes before they were sold as part of the Bored Apes NFT collection.

The president and chief operating officer of Rolling Stone, Gus Wenner, said that they are thrilled to partner with BAYC. “The Bored Apes’ shared love of music and counter-culture made them fantastic collaborators to bring this unique project to life with,” Hypebeast quoted the executive as saying.

Meanwhile, Rolling Stone will only be printing a total of 2,500 copies, and pre-orders were already opened for fans. However, as of this time, the magazine was already marked as sold out. It was stated that the publication would begin shipping the magazine in four weeks after the pre-order period officially ends.