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Breaking News: XXL Editor-In-Chief, Elliott Wilson, Fired.

by THE CHOSEN FEW

MONDAY JANUARY 7, 2008

After his long tenure as editor-in-chief Elliott Wilson was excused from his duties today (Jan. 7).

Sources inside the XXL offices confirmed his termination but no reason for his release was disclosed.

It's also now known that Wilson's contract with Harris Publications, XXL parent company, ran out this month. Deputy Editor, Vanessa Satten, is said to be the appointed interim EIC.

Wilson, a freelancer for over 10 years, owned Ego Trip Mag in 1994 and held positions at Scratch, The Source & XXL.

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N.O.504

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N.O.504
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— 7 months ago

damn
son needs to start his on mag

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dukebd408

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dukebd408
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— 7 months ago

ya..XXL is fucking retarted for firing this dude

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yea i kno

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yea i kno
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— 7 months ago

either hes not gd anymore or thy jus cldnt pay him enuff anymore....
i beleive he'll be ok shit with all that experience theres no reason 4 him not to be...

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DaGod

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DaGod
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— 7 months ago

Elliot Wilson knows what he's doing. He held the Source down in the glory days (80s-early 00s). He'll be fine, he'll get another high positioned job somewhere for sure.

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Macthaknife

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Macthaknife
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— 7 months ago

Damn. That's nuts

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JSantana07

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JSantana07
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— 7 months ago

niggas try to do it big and cant suceed

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Big Freeze

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Big Freeze
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— 7 months ago

maybe defsounds.com can hire this guy cuz thier articles are usually trash

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J-Hov1

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J-Hov1
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— 7 months ago

O yous a bitch.. Why come here if you dont like the articles..

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Saigiddy

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Saigiddy
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— 7 months ago

ye why u on da site for, smh

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Jokesta

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Jokesta
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— 7 months ago

And yet you've been a member for almost a year...

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gethip313

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gethip313
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— 7 months ago

maybe xxl wasnt the only niggas cutting budget this year and burger king kicked you and that kkk kid out in the cold! big freeze indeed! dont use our hip hop website to talk shit. def sounds is the truth nephew.

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Illseed
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— 7 months ago

big skeeze haha

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icebergChien

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icebergChien
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— 7 months ago

Don’t know son personally, but he did play favors, and I’m not hatin, I could care less I still have my Job Nigga,…but real talk, I’m a loyal subscriber, but that shit bugged me When in March he didn’t even Bless the Cover with Biggie, had a ½ ass article with Big’s moms that it,…oh and how Elliott had all of Aftermath/Shady/G-unit/Interscope on the covers all the damn time. Not that I don’t like that camp, but Goddaaaaamn,…anyway he had a good run, I like the next generation cover this year, also the JAY cover, other then that the rest was just so-so- gar-ba-ge.
On that note bring in the new blood

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DaGod

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DaGod
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— 7 months ago

Yea his XXL days were questionable but he held the Source down.

The Source (in the glory days)>>>>>>>XXL, any day of the week

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Saigiddy

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Saigiddy
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— 7 months ago

ye i see wut ur sayin bout da covers n shit, he coulda done a better job wit dat

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pakman11
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— 7 months ago

he kept that mag hot so hell be back

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keepitrelevant

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keepitrelevant
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— 7 months ago

i cant think of why this nigga would get fired. xxl is a nice lil mag fareal, i mean it sells, ouutta all the rap mags xxl the front runner, so it cant b because of sales...and he aint shitty editor like dagod said he held down a few different magazines..

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SwAGG

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SwAGG
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— 7 months ago

damn..thats a shame. no idea why he got fired, like keepitrelevant said. tha mag is hot, i been copin it fo years. im waitin to hear their reason for firin him.

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Saigiddy

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Saigiddy
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— 7 months ago

XXL is still a good mag, so i dn even care as long as dey keep makin good magz then im cool, even tho i havntt copped one in a while lol

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mr. know-it-all

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mr. know-it-all
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— 7 months ago

damn, just when i thought light skin was back in style!

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CypressDS

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CypressDS
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— 7 months ago

i dont think this was a good decision but he'll do alright on his own.

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demarcus

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demarcus
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— 7 months ago

He put personal bias and influence behind his shit when it came to shady aftermath interscope. Now they washed up so the magazine probably don't sell like it used to.

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Krush Dallas

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Krush Dallas
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— 7 months ago

i think its too early to really say wat tha deal izz here..but i have no doubt that if he dont go bacc we'll c him again real soon

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Evil_Dre

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Evil_Dre
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— 7 months ago

XXL mag has been trash for years now.His time was up.

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driverboy

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driverboy
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— 7 months ago

aint no telling what happened. elliot wilson is good at what he does. he should probably start his own mag. i just hope xxl dont go down the same road the source just came out of

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NemZero

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NemZero
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— 7 months ago

Damn mag writers getting fired?..did Benzino work his way in there?

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7Cities

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7Cities
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— 7 months ago

Dumb Ass move. What were they thinkin. XXL was 10 times better then the source. i guess we will have to wait and see how big he was to the Mag

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birdman05

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— 7 months ago

XXL got like the worst album rating system ever but it was a good mag for the most part this is way out left field news cus they been the highest sellin mag for a min now this shit crazy not too crazy but crazy

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goldentalks

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goldentalks
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— 7 months ago

YO IT'S GD NEW PPL NEW WORK TOO
SO HE HAD HIS CHANCE I GUESS HE BLEW IT UP HIMSELF HAHAHA

I NEED WORK XXL GET AT ME

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ScRiLLsTaR

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ScRiLLsTaR
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— 7 months ago

Damn thats crazy... I wonder if XXL will even be the same without him... I'm sure there is a good explanation for all of it... Anywayz, DefSounds my Number 1 source for Hip-Hop News and I'm always on top of the game with them so keep it up DS!!!

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— 7 months ago

Yeah.......VIBE is 10 times better

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— 7 months ago

I Don't Give A Damn

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vibe ass as fuck bro lol

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