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XXL Magazine Fires EIC Elliott Wilson 
Published Monday, January 07, 2008 4:02 PM
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By Roman Wolfe

Harris Publications' XXL Magazine has fired longtime editor-in-chief Elliott Wilson, AllHipHop.com has learned.

 

While details are sketchy, sources have confirmed that Wilson was relieved of his duties today (January 7).

 

"One of the reasons is that Harris Publications wants the magazine to go in a different direction in terms of expanding its scope," a source at XXL Magazine told AllHipHop.com.

 

Vanessa Satten has been named interim editor-in-chief of the magazine, which was founded in 1997 by former Source staffers James Bernard, Robert Marriott and Reginald Dennis.


Comments

 

blackchyldborn1st said:

bwahahaha..nigga can't talk shit no more haha..
January 7, 2008 4:39 PM
 

GamezPOG said:

This is big news..a shake up over at XXL.

Check this out:

www.myspace.com/hedonisdaamazon
January 7, 2008 4:39 PM
 

XXL Magazine Fires EIC Elliott Wilson [allhiphop.com] at dropmagazine.com said:

January 7, 2008 4:41 PM
 

Eight Mile Road Music News » XXL Magazine Fires EIC Elliott Wilson said:

January 7, 2008 4:41 PM
 

jaeda said:

dam! business iz business!
January 7, 2008 4:43 PM
 

popcanSHS1 said:

i love xxl...the only issue i had was the damn non-stop repeats of the same people on the cover and mr. wilson constantly defending having the same person on the cover every month as a way to sell magazines...it was getting old...maybe the covers will contain a little more variety of artists...and more in depth interviews with other artists other than lil' wayne and 50 cent
January 7, 2008 4:44 PM
 

Boss Up said:

AHH>>>>XXL
January 7, 2008 4:46 PM
 

ENOT said:

Thats random new right there...........Never saw this one coming


http://www.myspace.com/ENOT
January 7, 2008 4:48 PM
 

Boss Up said:

AHH>>>XXL
January 7, 2008 4:56 PM
 

LONG-TIME XXL MAGAZINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ELLIOT WILSON - FIRED!!! « MAD NEWS said:

January 7, 2008 4:57 PM
 

MACCAPONE said:

WOW HE GET TOHER JOB.....
January 7, 2008 5:21 PM
 

pworldrydah925 said:

Ray Benzino=Yellow Nigga
January 7, 2008 5:22 PM
 

RLM $Getmoney$ said:

fuck XXL
January 7, 2008 5:22 PM
 

illseed said:

i need help with the rumors. holla at me.
January 7, 2008 5:42 PM
 

tha clear said:

yellow nigga can offically join the interscope team.

XXL XXL(Eminem's voice)
January 7, 2008 5:47 PM
 

tha clear said:

XXL was becoming a sales paper with all those damn ads.

Long Live Black Beat!
January 7, 2008 5:49 PM
 

cliveone said:

the yellow nigga finally got his day. now him and Benzino are in the same boat.
January 7, 2008 5:50 PM
 

tha clear said:

XXL was becoming a sales paper with all those damn ads.

Long Live Black Beat!
January 7, 2008 5:50 PM
 

Gentle Jones said:

dang homie got X'd out
January 7, 2008 5:52 PM
 

FOREVAMUSIQ said:

Illseed you hella shady for that! LOL He better get his resume together he is going to need it. I guess that's the last of yellow nigga. I can not say I am going to miss those lame ass attempts to rap in the beginning editorial or his constant ranting. All good things must come to a stop..... Goodbye
January 7, 2008 5:56 PM
 

187skillz said:

Oh NO, HAHAHAHA, the man that declared an all out war on AHH...Yellow nigga was always popping shhht,you was just a worker son,  Harris shut you down, like Source magazine a few years back, now lets see Yellow nig go somewhere else and try to take out Source magazine.<br><Br>Never thought in a million years this would happen, OWNERSHIP KIDS, OWNERSHIP.
January 7, 2008 6:07 PM
 

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January 7, 2008 6:09 PM
 

Beno-other M.B.A. said:

Like that there, huh?  Man, best of luck finding another gig.  What magazine would/could he go to?

-Beno
www.eadymusicgroup.com
January 7, 2008 6:15 PM
 

Thin Ice said:

I stop reading XXL just because I was tired of arrogant editorial rants.
January 7, 2008 6:18 PM
 

Dullah said:

Maine, I hope that XXL doesn't hit the skids like the Source did. Hopefully they come out better by this. I look at that joint like every month, please don't fall off!!
January 7, 2008 6:20 PM
 

Squareone1 said:

FUCK XXL, FUCK The Source, there is no publication that I look for every month (mostly thanks to sites like allhiphop, hiphop dx, sohh.com..etc.), but because they put lame ass niggaz like 50, LIL Wayne on their covers and neglect real hiphop niggaz, for which they were founded on, one of the first to put the Goodie Mob on their cover, Raekwon, real ma'fuckas who put a dent in the game, now look at their mag (I'm a subscriber, not for long though) it's full of fluff wrapped around one or two stories. It's fucking garbage.

Ass much as I enjoyed YN, his routine has become tired and I can't believe he got canned because XXL numbers are down, because there really isn't any other competition in Hiphop publications, but he must of pissed somebody off. Fuck it...move on.
January 7, 2008 6:35 PM
 

tupacfan35 said:

XXL & Source are just phonies now, thank god for hip-hop weekly
January 7, 2008 6:38 PM
 

YN Has Left the Building | The Rap Up said:

January 7, 2008 6:40 PM
 

Chubbeemane said:

Holy cow, this is news.... Somebody on here was talking about the days of Raekwon and G.M. on the covers; that's how I started reading XXL. But everything is 'big business' now. SALES!! I mean, SCRATCH folded-- one of the best reads EVER. You can't sell magazines with Saigon on the cover. 12yr. old 1/2 Haitian girls don't buy that. E. Wilson (the product if Russell Simmons and Ice- T had a child) will be fine, he's got those nasty yellow fingers in plenty. I don't wanna make AHH feel bad (*snicker*), but these forms of publications cannot survive anymore. Why wait a month to read 1/8 the shit you can get on here daily?? The only way you're selling a magazine with Saigon (real mc's) on the cover is if you squeeze him between Hannah Montana and Shiloh Pitt...
January 7, 2008 7:20 PM
 

hater hurter said:

the whole mag buisiness is gonna stop cuz internet is takin over.

he can start bloggin and make a comeback.
January 7, 2008 7:29 PM
 

Built From Skratch » News » FIRED! XXL Editor-In-Chief Elliott Wilson said:

January 7, 2008 7:40 PM
 

odeisel said:

benzino >>yn
January 7, 2008 8:08 PM
 

ThinkWell said:

Thank God for HipHop Weekly?!?  tupacfan35, are you serious?  That tabloid-ass, urban "Us Weekly" is garbage.  

I don't think anybody saw this coming, even though I think YN pissed the wrong people off by doing that Roc ad and using it for the back cover (can you say, conflict of interests?).  I fucked with YN, though.  I thought his shit poppin' was funny.

Maybe his wifey can give him a job over at VIBE.
January 7, 2008 9:12 PM
 

MYSPACE.COM/FAMMMUSIC504 said:

@ BOSS UP:


CHU'UCH!!


~ICEBERG
F.A.M.M.(Forever.Among.Made.Men.)
January 7, 2008 9:11 PM
 

Chubbeemane said:

If AHH>XXL, than APPLES>ORANGES, HONDA>NISSAN, SOULJA BOY>NAS... no comparison. No co-sign.
January 7, 2008 9:22 PM
 

baltimoreson3000 said:

KING MAGAZINE BABY!!!!lol
January 7, 2008 9:21 PM
 

SPATE Magazine All Day said:

He will just go a start another magazine to compete with XXL like the founders of XXL did. No matter what Elliot built that magazine. Where else can you go besides hip hop. They want the magazine to go pop. This may be the beginning of the end of XXL.

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January 7, 2008 9:23 PM
 

Asher "Black Bomb" Sommer said:

I miss the good ole Source, when Benzino and Dave Mays were rocking it. XXL is straight up bullshit for illiterate retards who can only watch pictures instead of reading food for thoughts.
Shout out to AHH for doing a good job on the net, so I don't need to spend money for any of those useless magazines.
January 7, 2008 9:46 PM
 

Tyger Hood said:

What no more G-Unit Covers in 08??!!!
January 7, 2008 11:30 PM
 

BrooklynATLien said:

Ha! Maybe his wife (Vibe E.I.C.) will hire him...
January 7, 2008 11:31 PM
 

scrillakid said:

@blackchyldborn1st - Thats exactly what i thought LOL!!!
January 8, 2008 12:30 AM
 

the_dboy417 said:

did someone really say thank god for hip hop weekly???  that magazine is for niggas w female traits. u may as well be readin US Weekly.

I agree w what most say about Y.N. bein arrogant, but I can't argue w him puttin the same folks on the cover, it does sell, and if sellin mags doesn't even give you job security what does? what now? the Sauce has been garbage since Grandpa Ray was tradin ads and mics for features on songs.
January 8, 2008 1:08 AM
 

TOHN007 said:

Man, even though I was getting kind of tired of Yellow Nig and his editorials, I hate to see a black man get fired. I guess all that reckless talk finally caught up with his ass. I co-sign Boss Up, AHH>XXL!! XXL had fallen off recently, and people were getting tired of the G-Unit/Interscope dick sucking that was going on.
January 8, 2008 1:14 AM
 

NAPTOWN$OULJA74 said:

the source need help,he destroyed it,maybee he can revive it LOL
January 8, 2008 1:20 AM
 

misterheartbrea said:

Dear Yella Nigga,

I will not miss your opening editorials, Bars of Lush is what i call them, and I hope the reservations that Benzino and you have at Mr. Chows will be fufilled. (Now you both can talk about how you took a great magazines and made them advertising magazines featuring Hip HOp.) Most of all now, we can stop viewing your corporate ass kissing of Interscope Records, you dick rode them all the way to a new career, i bet thet announce you in some position within the next to months.

Good by Yella Nig
January 8, 2008 1:29 AM
 

Kappagem said:

Wow....

Kat's is on here truly poppin' off on the Yellow NIg....haha...

I ain't mad tho...it's krazy they kanned duke like that...but that's the nature of the beast...

Oops on his part...
January 8, 2008 1:31 AM
 

blackchyldborn1st said:

I ain't hatin on the man but every issue he was talkin bout how he wasn't goin anywhere. I wish everyman success. Just don't act like ya shit don't stink!
January 8, 2008 2:35 AM
 

WhutTheeHail said:

Well folks here probably are laughing since he was dropping bombs on this site like ya'll was the Source. But eh..hope Vanessa can hold it down.
January 8, 2008 4:25 AM
 

Water Ur Seeds said:

hip hop connection (hhc) is where its at, they keep it real with phat interviews with graff artists and that aswel as hip hop legends and break dancers. they cover the whole culture
January 8, 2008 5:46 AM
 

Hoodgrown said:

See anybody can lose their position when the get too fucking cocky! But it ain't like he's gonna be fucked up because he still has his  Ego Trip brand  and all the shows they're developing for VH1.

As far as him starting another magazine. I don't think it will happen. Hip Hop magazines are dying because you can get the info faster and cheaper on the internet.

Cartel


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January 8, 2008 8:01 AM
 

BumpHipHop: The Hip Hop News Source » XXL Magazine Fires Elliot Wilson said:

January 8, 2008 8:04 AM
 

illseed said:

seriously, APPLES>ORANGES
January 8, 2008 9:18 AM
 

EReal said:

YO! FORREAL!!! I WIN!!!!!!!!! LMMFFAO!!!!

PEEP THIS YALL!!!

You remember when I told yall YN told me to "Go Fuck Myself" because I was harassin him and his wack ass mag and how he turned Scratch Mag into a Blog? LmAAAOOOooOOO!!!!

EReal > YN!

BAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!OMG! THis shit is tooooooo fucking funny!!!

ROFLMMFAO!!!

January 8, 2008 9:52 AM
 

When The Checks Stop Coming In | zooped.org said:

January 8, 2008 10:28 AM
 

live.love.laugh said:

Yea, aint see that one coming. I used to cut for XXL. ...Then all them ads, starting taking over.
January 8, 2008 10:31 AM
 

EReal said:

Damn it sucks they took down all his blogs... man, fuck... that sucks I wanted to show you the Etherige, hahha., no melissa! rofl!

EReal > YN
January 8, 2008 10:32 AM
 

KST2G said:

Funny thing is I was thinking of writing in to XXL to complain about YN's monthly stupid ass editorial rants. Guess I won't have to be doing that anymore! lol But seriously, the guy was annoying and I got tired of seeing G-Unit on the cover of every other issue. Besides, like most of the people on here pointed out, why subscribe for a mag when you can get the same info the day it happens on the net? The entire publication industry is going downhill, including newspapers and magazines, so this may just be the best thing that every happened to him.
January 8, 2008 1:41 PM
 

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