XXL's Editor-In-Chief Elliott Wilson Fired

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Published: Monday - January 7, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury

Elliott Wilson (Photo: XXL)

In the magazine world, some big news broke Monday (January 7) -- XXL's editor-in-chief, Elliott Wilson, has been fired.

Yep, the longtime head at the hip-hop magazine was fired as of Monday, according to news from Sohh.com.

Sources from inside the magazine's offices confirmed the termination with the website, but as of press time, no reason was given.

Deputy Editor, Vanessa Satten, has been appointed interim EIC, Sohh reports.

Wilson is a veteran in the hip-hop journalist community, writing as a freelancer for over 10 years. He's held positions at The Source, XXL and Scratch, and in 1994, launched his own Ego Trip magazine.

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COMMENTS (3)

DJ JUSTICE Says:
Saturday - January 12, 2008 at 10:26am

I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT THE EDITORIALS THAT ELLIOTT WILSON WROTE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISTASTEFUL... THE CONSTANT DOGGING OF SOURCE MAGAZINE, THE CONSTANT SHIT TALKING ABOUT SOME RAPPERS OR THIER CREWS... BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WILSON WORKED AT THE SOURCE FOR YEARS, SO HE MIGHT HAVE A BEEF. ALSO, THE SOURCE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS HAD ITS OWN INTERNAL PROBLEMS. SO BEING THAT HE WAS AT THE MAG, AND THEN HE WATCHES THEM SELF DESTRUCT...ALL THE WHILE HE IS SITTING AT THE TOP OF A GREAT MAG...MAYBE HE GOT A LIL BIT LAX...I STILL THINK HE IS A GOOD WRITER WITH A GREAT TRACK RECORD AS EDITOR

REZX RIZZO Says:
Tuesday - January 8, 2008 at 2:38am

He was the only Editor of a US magazine that wrote the blatently type of bragging editorials he did, which kind of made him look unprofessional. I think that had something to do with it, because he came off sounding like he and XXL were untouchable while taking shots at The SOURCE in almost every issue. As a magazine Editor myself, I found that distasteful , which is why I always skip the editorial and head straight for the Rims section. Okay maybe that's why that's why he got axed.

DOOKIE Says:
Monday - January 7, 2008 at 4:05pm

I KNOW WHY HE WAS FIRED... TOO MUCH G-UNIT DICK RIDIN'. THEY'RE DONE NOW HE'S DONE.

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