VIBE IS GONE….

It’s true.  Here is the official statement from Vibe’s Editor In Chief Danyel Smith:

On behalf the VIBE CONTENT staff (the best in this business), it is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building today. We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news. It’s a tragic week in overall, but as the doors of VIBE Media Group close, on the eve of the magazine’s sixteenth anniversary, it’s a sad day for music, for hip hop in particular, and for the millions of readers and users who have loved and who continue to love the VIBE brand. We thank you, we have served you with joy, pride and excellence, and we will miss you.

VIA:lifefiles

NAS AND KELIS DIVORCE PAPERS

One of hip hop’s most talked about married couples have split. VIBE has confirmed that Nas and Kelis are headed for a divorce. “I can confirm that she has filed for divorce,” a spokesperson for Kelis told VIBE. “We request the media to respect her privacy during this very difficult time.” At around 3:45pm PST, high-powered attorney Laura Wasser (who has also represented Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, and Stevie Wonder) filed a divorce petition today on behalf of Kelis, citing irreconciable differences. The bombshell comes amid recent reports that the acclaimed rhymer and influential R&B vixen were expecting their first child together—a son. Kelis is currently seven months pregnant.

Nas and Kelis first met in 2002 at a MTV Video Music Awards afterparty thrown by hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. “I wasn’t going to go, but I’m glad I did,” Nas told VIBE in June 2003. “Then at the afterparty, I met my girl.” Kelis remembered the meeting with her future husband vividly: “Everyone moves out of the way, and Nas stands up, and I put my hand out, and I’m like, Hey, I’m Kelis. And he goes, ‘Who?’… So I’m crawling into a fucking hole, and he’s like, ‘Wait-huh? What’s your name? And I’m like, Kelis, and he’s like, ‘Oh, well that’s great, because I’ve been waiting to make you my wife all these years.’” When Nas told her of his bold marital plans, she replied in typical Kelis form. “That’s great, because that’s all I wanna be.”

VIA: NAHRIGHT

 

Eminem on Vibe

via: conceptcitymusicblog

Rihanna on Vibe

T.i. on the cover of VIBE

VIBE SAYS BEST RAPPER ALIVE….

Via Press Release:

VIBE has today announced Eminem as the winner of the Best Rapper Alive competition.  The Detroit native beat out New York’s rap king Jay-Z in the Final Round with 69 percent of the votes, crowning him as the people’s choice for the true king of hip hop.  The results of the contest are detailed inVIBE’s November 2008 issue hitting newsstands October 21st.

“It’s obviously an honor to have won the fans’ support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive,” says Eminem in response to his victory.   “I don’t think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best though.  Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do.  But since Vibe’s offering the distinction, hell yeah I’ll accept!”

Vibe November Cover (Barack Obama)

ENOUGH SAID…

Jay Z: Behind The Cover (Vibe Juice Issue)

Offical Jay-Z Vibe Covers

Here they are, the 2 official covers and the backpage shot from Vibe’s 15th Anniversary issue. Below is the 2 front covers and some excerpts from the YN penned feature.

    

jeezy on cover of VIBE!@$!

celeb sh@t!@$# j. holiday arrested…..janet on cover…

 

J. Holiday aka Nahum Grymes was arrested in Maryland on Thursday night for possession of marijuana after being pulled over for speeding. He had just finished performing at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore:

“There was visual observation of marijuana on his person, on his front shirt, and that coupled with the odor of marijuana, Mr. Grymes was arrested for that. A search of the vehicle yielded a nominal amount of marijuana in the center console. J. Holiday and one other occupant, George Jackson, face drug possession charges.   Janet on new cover of the vibe…