A Hot Mess: Magazine Drama & Blog Bashing

What the hell is going on at The Source now? First the sexual harassment charges and then a couple of weeks ago two members of their staff were arrested for attempted murder. Now I just found out that their newly appointed editor in chief, Fahiym Ratcliffe, has just submitted his resignation papers. Jeesh! It seems that publisher Mays is still tampering with artists’ ratings and going against the staff’s consensus. Of course during my very brief stint at the Source in ’95 folks were quitting and literally walking out at The Source for those very same reasons. Well it’s good to see ain’t a damn thing changed!

First it was escalating the whole east-west hate and now Vibe is back at it again creating blog wars. In this month’s “Juice” issue they list their Top 6 Hip-hop Bloggers. Too bad folks online aren’t in agreement and a web-backlash is in total effect. So much hatin in all this heat. Everyone needs to simmer down and cop that Leela James CD, read XXL and cool the frack off.

There’s a lot more pressing issues to discuss like when will young Black women get a mag to call their very own. This story sheds some light on why Suede, Honey and Heart & Soul failed and why Essence still remains. Well there’s always theHotness and that’s real y'all!