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XXL has fired editor-in-chief (and Ego Trip founder) Elliott Wilson, apparently because XXL owner Harris Publications "wants the magazine to go in a different direction in terms of expanding its scope." [Maybe Now Persia Will Get Her Chance To Really Shine
The really-pretty-great MC contest Ego Trip's (White) Rapper Show will return for another season, and this time, it'll be an all-white-woman competition. Auditions start this Saturday at, of all places, a Dave & Buster's in Chicago—surely some enterprising rapper out there will try to freestyle along with the Dance Dance Revolution machine's music?—but somehow there are no auditions set for New York City?! (Perhaps I should instead hit up the Philly auditions, which will no doubt attract a boatload of G-Child acolytes.)The Return of White Rapper! [VH1 Blog]
[Photo from last season's wrap party]
