Datwon Thomas Resigns From XXL
May 12, 2009 @ 8:57 PM EDT
News
Word on the curb is that Datwon Thomas has stepped down from his position as Editor-In-Chief of XXL and Executive Editor, Vanessa Satten will resume duties at the top of the masthead. No reason as to why Datwon allegedly left his post, but we’ll have more as this story develops.
Update: “Day quit,” says an unidentified Harris Publications employee. “Vanessa’s EIC.
Say word!!! He stepped down?…..wait who the hell is Datwon Thomas and why do we care…
Since Dave x Benzino left The Source, XXL is the nearest thing to a real HipHop publication….The Source is slowly turning into Vibe
Hope XXL doesnt change
word, benzino and mays? that’s the standard we’re holdin here? xxl was killin them while those cats were there.
Since Dave x Benzino left The Source, XXL is the nearest thing to a real HipHop publication….The Source is slowly turning into Vibe
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*blank stare*
Benzino and Ray are the reason the Source started going down hill in the first place. With that said, Vibe and Source are probably less alike now than they’ve ever been.
aiight before they starting blackballing n beefing with certain artist’s and flagrently abusing their positions,it was good even when Kim was there. The Source used to be a good mag dammit!….seems kinda watered down now to me, but that’s just my opinion I still cop it outta habit tho…you may be right on the Source/Vibe front tho I haven’t copped ‘a vibe’ for years and they cant fool me into buying it again by putting rappers on the front cover lol
HipHop weekly = meh!
smh
Word… who cares?
Vanessa Fat Ass was stressing that position since Elliot left..I dosent surprise me.Im sure he had something 2 do with him leaving.
Vanessa Satten dosent no hip hop..I c xxl will b the next 2 fold with her at the throne..Shes a big fat joke.
datwon is the man…XXL will fold within the month. racist bitches deserve whats coming. i heard rap radar was folding next??? LMAO the big business hip hop is OVER!
Oh Please, good riddance. I work at a label and neither Elliott nor Datwon did shit. That girl Vanessa always did the work while their lazy asses took the credit. And before you say anything, I am a man. I just appreciate people who actually DO the work!
FYI!!Vanessa dosent do all the work at xxl.Get ur info correct.Datwon is a hard worker.while vanessa sits on her fat ass all day blogging/eating…
IT SEEMS GIANT IS THE ONLY REAL URBAN MAGAZINE LEFT WITH SOME SUBSTANCE….PEACE XXL!
Peace to Datwon not xxl..XXL will survive..
LMAO all these magazines are going down hill anyway xxl has great Hip-Hop content, Vibe has great all around content and the source has great lifestyle content with R&B pictures! thats just gay but you got to love XXl because they still keep it real and show love to the streets. Datwon will be missed but xxl will go on, its all we got left cuz the rest of them has went right…
Vanessa’s fat white busted a** took down her fat pictures. She cowrote the book “It’s No Secret” with Carmen Bryan, Nas’s ex and baby momma. Now XXL magazine has a white editor…let’s not forget that it’s white owned by Harris Publications. They used Datwon as a front to put down Black people and defend Eminem for calling Black women n——- and all these other racist names. Vanessa you can call the cops all you care! (You know what I’m talking about, but I will call your fat a** out anytime anyday. She is involved in drugs and alcohol and is using the magazine to promote her wack film production company “Team Satten” with her brother. She even got her brother and white friends jobs at Harris Publications. This racist! You know nothing about Black people and hip hop. She was even hooking up that other racist white stringy haired girl Julie Beverly of OZONE magazine with gigs.
Seems to me you are the real racist. I am a publicist who has worked with Vanessa, Datwon and Elliott. While some may have been better than others, they were all chosen because they could perform the job. Elliott held that position for years with much success. Datwon was only there for a year, but perhaps it wasn’t the right fit. No one can ever predict these things. So to try and find some illogical racist conspiracy is totally ridiculous. And your derogatory terms, show that you are just an angry bitter person versus someone writing with a valid point of view.
People have some nerve…..there are real haterz in the air!!!! LOL….no matter who is editor in cheif its still a dope ass magazine. Color does not define hip hop, remember that one!
@F*ck You Pay Me, you are the real racist. I could care less they paid you for your shoddy work. You exploited black people and now people are calling you out. None of the white people working for XXL had any experience or ties to the hip hop community. They used black people as figurheads, only to get rid of them. Other people in this forum have called you all out, and I know I won’t be the last, even though it is somewhat flattering that you have chosen to specifically address me.