(Getty Images) Music producer and media mogul Quincy Jones is not happy about Vibe closing shop. That's why he says he's going to resurrect the revolutionary hip-hop mag he founded in 1993. “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told EbonyJet.com Thursday. “They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’m’a take it online because print and all that stuff is over.” Jones started Vibe to showcase hip-hop music and talent at a time when he felt... Read Full Story
After watching the BET Awards, I arrived at a few conclusions. BET needs to improve as a television station, Al Green is still the man, Maxwell needs to release another album, Cassie and Rihanna are some of the baddest women in the game, Diddy is Diddy (Love or Hate that man, but you much respect his hustle), T-Pain is A-OK in my book, Lil Wayne is a good dude without the styrofoam cup (that syrup is like Superman's red kryptonite) and last but not least the game would not be the game... Read Full Story
American musician Quincy Jones , who is one of the three biggest Grammy winners of all time with 27 to his name, joined Tribune Newspapers on Monday as a guest columnist. He is following the lead of U2 frontman Bono as newspapers look for new ways to entice readers and survive an advertising slump. http://www.netglimse.com/news/2661/Quincy_Jones:_Starts_a_new_series Read Full Story
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I think I need to smash a bottle over my own head after seeing this….
OK, never mind that this is supposedly trying to pay homage to Janet Jackson, but this looks desperate on so many levels. Not that Vibe hasn’t pushed the envelope before (with Janet, Foxy, Toni Braxton, etc.), but sheesh! Christina Milian and The Dream? Couldn’t they extend that final issue, better yet, squash that cover and put Michael Jackson on the cover?
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"Jones told EbonyJet's Adrienne Samuels Gibbs. 'They just messed my magazine all up, but I'm gonna get it back. You better believe it, I'm'a take it online because print and all that stuff is over.'"
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These two were spotted working the red carpet at Monday night's AARP the Magazine Inspire Awards. Quincy Jones was honored with award dubbing him a "Global Poverty Fighter" for his work with his...
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