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Thursday Aug 16 6:00 PM CDT posted by xxl staff

This just in rap fans: 50 Cent and Kanye West have decided to join forces and pose together for a Rolling Stone cover. When the white man comes knocking, niggas sure go jumping through hoops to please ‘em. You’d never see this happen for a Black magazine. Truth be told, I’m mostly salty cause I have the Internet’s favorite on my next cover and this may outshine me a bit. You think?

YN lose his swagger? His gusto? Hey, it’s a rare loss for the kid but I’m gonna take it on the chin. Only ‘cause Joe Levy is my dude. So a tip of the fitted and can I get a fuck you to all you hip-hop fucks who prioritize the crackers in the mainstream above us. Y’all make me sick to my stomach.

P.S. Will prolly leak my Kanye cover tmw late, early Mon, or maybe Sunday afternoon while I’m taking a shit. Gabe T can eat a big fat dick!

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August 16th, 2007
at 6:14 pm

hayta says:

well, what is RS’s readership compared to XXL’s? okay then.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 6:27 pm

King Ben says:

Word! 2nd

 

August 16th, 2007
at 6:31 pm

PHOENIXXX says:

I feel you YN

fuck these uncle tom ass niggas and faggot ass crackas

and fuck the south

and fuck Bill O’Reily

and fuck Al Sharpton

EASTSIDE!! BLLLLLAAAAA!!!!

*cripwalks wit red bandana on the head*

 

August 16th, 2007
at 6:46 pm

Hater What Chu Looking At says:

lol

this broke fuck is salty…look at his face..this nigga TIGHT!!

Can you pay 50 and kanye..? in dollars..? not wet cheesecake and stawberrys you fruity cupcake

 

August 16th, 2007
at 6:52 pm

SHAWN LAWRENCE JAMES says:

THAT JUST MEAN U GOTTA SHIP MORE OF THEM UNITS TO GET SOME SHIT LIKE THAT 4 XXL

 

August 16th, 2007
at 6:58 pm

Calibud says:

I feel you on that but I can do without all the racial shit. You sound like a fuckin Nazi the way you throw around slurs so effortlessly.
Also I disagree with you thinking that rappers prioritize white publications over our own. Them niggas know where home is at, but the fact remains that Rolling Stone reaches a whole other demagraphic, not just to different races but to that older crowd that only fucks wit certain hip hop cats if any. Any rapper with the oppertunity to take advantage of that demographic should take it. Get off your own shit YN, when that hate starts gettin in your veins it gets to your brain and distorts your thoughts which makes niggas spew out crazy opinions. Im startin to smell a bit of that of 50 these days

 

August 16th, 2007
at 7:01 pm

LOL says:

MAN ALL U HIRE IS “HIPHOP IS A CULTURE” CRACKERS AND UNCLE TOM ASS NIGGAS ANWAYS. DONT FRONT LIKE XXL IS A BLACK MAGAZINE

 

August 16th, 2007
at 7:18 pm

Anonymouz says:

If you were more forward thinking with your covers then Rolling Stone would be taking cues from you. You don’t win by playing it safe using the same artists on the cover all the time. You should know better than anyone else that you didn’t win by playing safe in your early editorials going at the source. You need to take that same approach with your future covers. The Source put Common on their recent cover & damn near sold out at the magazine stand I usually cop magz from. You have to get back to setting the the trends YN.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 7:21 pm

CHICAGO PaPii says:

Finally!!!! Hallulejah!! Holla Black!!! Kanye is on the XXL Magazine Cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Coming Soon!!!!!!!!! Graduation!!!!!!!!!!

 

August 16th, 2007
at 7:31 pm

Grown Ass Man says:

Hey… at least you HONEST about hating! Haha.

Get ya Hate on Homie.

AT the END of the day… you KNOW that them doing the Rolling Stones Cover is a GREAT Promotion!!!

 

August 16th, 2007
at 7:34 pm

Belize says:

Rolling Stone > XXLmag

Sad..but true

The way i look at it, why would I pose for a Hip Hop commercialized mag, when

You left ur core audience behind YN

not hating..but smoke wit me on that thought

 

[...] So my longtime friend and co-warrior in this biz, Elliot Wilson, head of XXL mag, sent me his latest webitorial installment from XXLmag.com….. [...]

 

August 16th, 2007
at 7:57 pm

zm says:

FUCK U THE SOUTH SALES RECORDS BITCH

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:00 pm

D. says:

YN, you just mad they wouldn’t pose like Baby & Lil Wayne… *kicks a tissue box in YN’s vicinity*

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:02 pm

FADE says:

“cracker” or not u got sonned…..

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:06 pm

Abcf***You3 says:

YN is a racist fag anyway. hip hop bloggers are some of the lamest fucks on the earth, you an eskay can eat a fat one fuckers

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:11 pm

Purple Hulk says:

WTF AT “RARE LOSS”, YOU LOSE EVERY DAMN MONTH, EVERY DAMN MONTH YOU ROTATE THE COVER BETWEEN WEEZY, 50, AND TIP. YOUR GONNA RUN XXL OUT OF BUSINESS DUMBASS.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:25 pm

731 says:

damm!! both albums gonna sell, but fifty will sell more lol

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:41 pm

queens says:

dude XXL doesnt rep hip op no more
yall gave common a XL compared to the shit out now finding forever is a classic!
I would rather not be on a XXL mag cover either yall dont rep hip hop ne more yall rep minstrel acts

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:41 pm

f*** xxl says:

XXL FELL OFF U JUST MAD CUZ THEY AINT DOING THIS FOR YOUR WACK AZZ MAGAZINE

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:45 pm

Purple Hulk says:

#
D. Says:

August 16th, 2007 at 8:00 pm

YN, you just mad they wouldn’t pose like Baby & Lil Wayne… *kicks a tissue box in YN’s vicinity*

YEAH, WHATS UP WITH YNS ENDLESS OBSESSION WITH PHOTOGRAPHING GROUPS OF SHIRTLESS MEN?

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:50 pm

fly07 says:

You should have had 50 on the cover, not that fruity ass Kanye

 

August 16th, 2007
at 8:55 pm

Maurice Garland says:

I’m with ya’ on the eff Gabe T. campaign…thought I was the only one who noticed how he gets down.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 9:16 pm

SENATOR MICHAEL JORDAN says:

I like Rolling Stone. I also like XXL. Pause.

XXL, in my humble opinion, oh my brothers and sisters, needs to get some revolutionary ish popping, without subjecting itself to losing $$$.

I can feel YN on being mad about the RS cover, but he didn’t say if he had the idea earlier. If RS had it, he can’t be upset. But if he did and they just wanted more distribution in terms of publicity, then he has every right to be crunchy.

By the way, I’m from Alabama, and I’m the fucking king. Wipe me the eff down.

Kanye had better outsell “Fif”. If not, these are really the last days. How many homoes are really believing that Curtis will have a better quality LP than ‘Ye?

Waste your fucking money if you wish. I’m buying Kanye and burning .50 cent. If you don’t do the same, you’re a stupid, moronic, bitch-ass, whorific, pussified swamp monkey. No racist, no homo and multiple pause.

Ciao,
MJ
Get like me.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 9:17 pm

Kev says:

Hey YN it wasn’t nothing when you had 50 and G-unit on the cover for like every other issue. I didn’t hear any other publications complain about that. And please you dont own and percentage of XXL, Let me see is it a “White Man” that owns it lol. See if you would have played the game even and not put G-unit and 50 on every other issue and try to put other rappers and or issues in the hip-hop community on your cover you wouldn’t be salty lol. You sound like a side chick right now lol.

Your just a one night stand son

 

August 16th, 2007
at 9:18 pm

SENATOR MICHAEL JORDAN says:

SHOUT OUT TO YOUNG REESE GARLAND.

BLAOW… BLAAOW… BLAAAOOW!!!!

 

August 16th, 2007
at 9:35 pm

MICHAEL JORDAN IS WRITING HIS LAST MYSPACE BLOG says:

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT:

Click the king’s name and read his blog. Eff it; read the archives or be illiterate.

He is omnificient. He is me. Get like me. Or don’t.

SHOUT OUT TO THE BRILLIANT WRITERS LIVING IN ATLANTA, WHO DESERVE RESPECT AND HAVE THE POWER TO SHUT THE CITY DOWN IF NECESSARY.

Just kidding,
MJ
“BANG… BANG… BANG… BANG…”

BANG.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 9:42 pm

Dipset says:

Kanye will outshine, outsell, and outsmart 50 for the remainder of their careers.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 9:52 pm

Mdean says:

Don’t a “White Man” sign your check at XXL?? XXL is about as black owned as BET. Come on now brah..oh yeah dont forget to punch out.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 9:58 pm

John says:

YOU PRIORITIZE THE BULLSHIT ON YOUR MAGAZINE COVERS EVERY MONTH BECAUSE IT MOVES UNITS. WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THEY NOT DO THE SAME? CRACKERS BUY RECORDS, AND ROLLING STONES MOVES MORE UNITS THAN YOU. ACCORDING TO YOUR NUMBERS GAME WHY WOULD THEY NOT GO TO ROLLING STONE OVER XXL?? BOO HOO, DONT PLAY A RACE CARD AND DONT BE SO FUCKING HYPOCRITICAL…ITS ALL MONEY RIGHT? FOH…GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SHIT RAG, ITS NOT HIPHOP.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 10:05 pm

Tyler says:

That’s kinda fuck’d up yo. I roll with the rock shit myself but still they should have kept it street. Maybe ya’ll can photoshop them 2gether just because ya’ dig.
SolutionsGlobalMedia.com aka SGM7.com
Love it or Hate it, Tell a Friend.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 10:23 pm

so heres another hit barry bonds says:

isnt it ironic that when kanye finally gets his 1st xxxl cover (solo cover that is) after 2 releases, he does a cover for rolling stone with 50…..probably the best hip hop/ rock cover since zack and rza…..I see this as karma for all those 50 cent interscope covers….I your (xxl) interview good.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 10:57 pm

truthbetold says:

what’s funny is you all know nothng about running a magazine. you kidz make me laugh with your dumb little notions. you have nothing, run nothing, and so have pride in nothing. you act like you “own” something, or are “revolutionary,” or have ever run anything, put your soul into something. ha ha. how I giggle at you kidz, who never had to make a real decision outside your households (if that), never had to do anything in public, for public approval/disapproval but cross the damn street. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. you think Jimmy “owns” part of Harris or XXL. Your dumb little conspiracies … you probably believe in UFOs, too. hahhahahhahhaahahhahaha. run something, fools, before you check in with your lameass-ness. run something other than your fingers across your grimy, overused keyboards.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 11:18 pm

Bandito says:

Harris is white owned so who cares? if XXL got the cover, its still “crackas” and a YN aka mulatto boy.

You got owned.

50 Cent said “f**k you and your rap rag.”
Real talk, i heard Kanye wa going to be on the cover of the source…he’s on complex now.

 

August 16th, 2007
at 11:41 pm

S.S.BlockBurner says:

Dont nothin hate but a mafuckin hater/ mad cuz u dont see a fraction of rolling stone paper. XXL dope evry other issue but yall need 2 cut the 50 cent dick riding “Great Expectations” Get the fuck outta here! YN lemme know the last hot verse u heard 50 spit 4 real 4 real. None of that wwe fake shit neither…Guns and Grams FUCK U NIGGA

 

August 17th, 2007
at 12:07 am

ThAaNoNyMoUs says:

Did Jet or Ebony come knocking on their door? Everytime a black man does business with a white company, does that make them a sellout? Is is a bad thing that a big magazine like Rolling Stone wants Kanye and 50 to do a cover for them? You never explained why anybody was “jumping through hoops to please ‘em” because it’s called business and they aren’t stepping on any black people by doing it so wtf is your problem?

 

August 17th, 2007
at 12:16 am

Chin-chilla says:

hahha, wow, you just got sonned on your own website. YN lost.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 12:21 am

LOL @ Ignorant so-called "writers" says:

“When the white man comes knocking, niggas sure go jumping through hoops to please ‘em.” After typing that, I would’ve thought that they sold their souls for some fat contract but doing a cover for a popular magazine? Maybe they should be covers for Jet right? Or even better, maybe we should segregate ourselves from white people and turn back the clock too, right?

 

August 17th, 2007
at 1:27 am

Steve Austin says:

give me a break…

 

August 17th, 2007
at 6:32 am

khal says:

thats deep. you’d think them niggas would bring the hype to xxl, something within hiphop. now i dont wanna buy either of their albums. shit heads.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 8:53 am

BF says:

preach!

 

August 17th, 2007
at 9:42 am

jeff says:

what’s the deal with this soulja boy guy? is he really a rapper? im being serious. is that video just some youtube shit or is that like on mtv and stuff?

 

August 17th, 2007
at 9:45 am

CINCINNATI b****ES says:

poor yn. why don’t you do a shock issue and on the cover you can have ToiletBol standing next to Kanye…and you can be underneath them with a flower in your mouth, and ToiletBol can hold up a sign that reads: KanGhey is nullus.

I’m sure that’ll entice your readers.
Or better yet..why don’t you just retire.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 9:49 am

twerkolator says:

my girl (who happens to be a snow bunny) says that it’s probably not a black/white thing, but probably because Rolling Stone is a bigger magazine and has a much larger readership than XXL.

Also, maybe Rolling Stone hatched the brilliant idea before anyone else. Elliot, did you ask them to appear on the cover together?

 

August 17th, 2007
at 9:58 am

Incilin says:

“When the white man comes knocking, niggas sure go jumping through hoops to please ‘em. You’d never see this happen for a Black magazine.”

^^ How true indeed. Dam YN, that cover belongs to you.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 10:05 am

Incilin says:

Wait, wait, wait. I was jus readin this same thing on NahRight and they like Clyde Smith is gonna be pissed when he hears this. Does that mean you giving Ghost the cover? You said you got the internets fave, and Ghost is a internet fave by all means.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 10:29 am

Ryan says:

LOL Says:

August 16th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
MAN ALL U HIRE IS “HIPHOP IS A CULTURE” CRACKERS AND UNCLE TOM ASS NIGGAS ANWAYS. DONT FRONT LIKE XXL IS A BLACK MAGAZINE

^^
Well maybe you should be doing the staffing, I’m sure you can run a magazine. Let’s see, you can alienate all the white people, which is a pretty large demographic. You can alienate anyone (no matter what their race) who likes anything other than hip hop or “black music”, which is also another large demographic. I’m sure there’s more, but you get the picture. You’d probably sell an issue to your mom, and issue to dark and two to kritiq or something.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 10:51 am

.:REBEL MAG:. » Round Up says: Subscribed to comments via email

[...] YN over at XXL gets a lil salty about Kanye and Fiddy’s Rolling Stone cover. [...]

 

August 17th, 2007
at 11:09 am

O.om says:

im sure people who buy RS, actually BUY CD’s. More than readers of this here mag im sure.

Also, think about it. im sure ‘those’ people (RS readers) dont even realize that 50 and kanye are even coming out on the same day.

and besides… dont yall come out with dual cover issues anyway?
make a kanye cover then make a 50 cover if its THAT serious. distribute them shits at the same time. blam.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 11:17 am

Rockcity says:

Oy Vay

 

August 17th, 2007
at 11:22 am

YN hater says:

fuck, i hate that fucking YN…i swear to whoever..if the xxl office burns to the fucking groung today, i’m gonna dance the fucking…how do you call that dance that bruce willis did at the end of ‘the last boyscout’??

 

August 17th, 2007
at 12:29 pm

timm says:

Hells yeah they jump though hoops for whitey but do hip hop magazines count as Black magazines though? Oh BTW you’re so right about fat boy he’s more sheist than Bubs!

 

[...] ** In related News, Kanye West and 50 Cent team up for a split Rolling Stone Magazine Cover and YN is not too happy!!!! (Although, I tend to agree with him….) [...]

 

August 17th, 2007
at 5:44 pm

Purple Hulk says:

YN WASNT BITCHING WHEN HE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER SHITTY ISSUES, HE WAS JUSTIFYING IT BY SAYING “IM MOVING MAGS”, BUT THE SECOND ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO DO IT HE THROWS PSYCHO RANTS ON HIS WEBSITE.

 

August 17th, 2007
at 6:53 pm

Intelekt says:

Yo, FUCK ELLIOT WILSON! Racist punk… I’m making sure you get exposed for being the bitch you are. Man I say we boycott XXL. I know I’m never buying one of these shitty magz again…

 

August 17th, 2007
at 8:11 pm

clep says:

nigga thats good they doing that shit together niggas always whanna see niggas go at each other instead of coming togather git out that slave minded shit and stop hate your brothers

 

August 19th, 2007
at 1:35 am

KingML says:

You sound like a bitch with a sand paper tampon in her pussy, shut up faggot. It’s about making money, something white people do a lot better than you. Stop using the N word too, we had a big festival about that. Ignorant, no talent having mofo, making money off making magazines, get a real job.

 

August 19th, 2007
at 10:39 pm

Demi says:

50 was already on XXL’s cover. It was bad planning on your part, YN, to put him on the cover at that time(what, interscope didn’t give you the heads up??). G’head and blame the “crackers.” That’s always easier than blaming yourself.

 

August 19th, 2007
at 10:43 pm

Demi says:

P.S. Elliot Wilson’s salary is about $300,000.00 a year. And the White Man is footing that bill (Harris Publications is owned by a “cracker”).

 

August 20th, 2007
at 11:42 am

Magazine Newsfeed: 08.20.07 « DEAD NOT DEAD says: Subscribed to comments via email

[...] Vulture: When Rap Magazine Editors Go Wild Beefing rappers Kanye West and 50 Cent will share an upcoming cover of Rolling Stone — everybody wins! Well, almost everybody. Elliott Wilson, XXL magazine’s classy editor-in-chief, is upset, naturally, since he’d already booked Kanye for their next cover (see it here), and he’s fighting back on the magazine’s Web site. XXL: Wilson says he’ll leak his cover today. [...]

 

August 20th, 2007
at 12:12 pm

Magazine Newsfeed: 08.20.07 « DEAD NOT DEAD says: Subscribed to comments via email

[...] XXL: Take a Picture [...]

 

August 24th, 2007
at 12:17 am

The weekend RAP up at Rey Flemings says: Subscribed to comments via email

[...] We learned that Kanye and 50 Cent’s feud over who would sell the most records was nothing more than a publicity stunt (yawn!). XXL, a leading hip-hop rag, shared the news that the two would be posing on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine together. [...]

 

August 25th, 2007
at 11:05 am

ayoleftyz says:

What’s going on with all of this racist bullshit just because Fiddy and ‘Ye picked Rolling Stone over XXL (you didn’t say this, but it’s obvious). I mean, seriously, I love XXL and I love Rolling Stone, but there is no comparison in the two. XXL is a great magazine but Rolling Stone is an epic magazine. For fuck sakes, it had the fucking Beatles on the cover; movies made about it and are probably the most respected magazine, ever. That is what you call the global music magazine, has nothing to do with “Uncle Toms” or “Crackers” or any of this racist bullshit; you shouldn’t get salty because they chose the right promotion ticket, you should be happy for your “brothers”. If anyone is fake, it’s you.

 

August 29th, 2007
at 3:27 pm

SOUTHERNBREED says:

damn phoenixxxx,what the fuck that have to do with the story?????
kanye west is midwest and 50 is east!
why ya’ll hating the south?
you got hate coming from your pores!
if new york rappers would stop beefing with each other and start working together for a change,
then they can get to the money like the south.
west coast finally figured it out.
we might beef with each other but,we still get the money together.
look at “stomp”,t.i. and luda went at each other and at the end of the day,they both got paid!
and kanye and 50 smart,they know that being on stage together made everybody talk and then they doing the rolling stones cover together!
that’s more expose for the both of them!

 

September 2nd, 2007
at 2:23 am

L Marie Neal says:

Elliot by chance did you present the idea and concept to Ye and Fiddy? I’m not really following you on the whole “when the white man comes knockin’”….As you mentioned you have the intertnet’s favorite on your magazine for the next issue, so there ya go. XXL chose to go outside of the box but you choose to stay safe. Stay open next time. You know good and well that’s a hot idea. I really hope you consider taking the advice of the many posters who are suggesting you all think outside of the box. Your publication is certainly the one I turn to for hip hop, but please understand hip hop is waaaay beyond black people and the hood. I’m black and from the hood and I’m looking forward to seeing the RS publication w/ the self proclaimed Kings of the Charts.

 

May 10th, 2009
at 9:50 am

nazi says:

wow hi iam nazi i really really love u baby

 

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