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It's been a bad week for magazine-rapper relations: First, Entertainment Weekly's Lori Majewski had an allegedly awkward encounter with 50 Cent, and now it appears that Vanity Fair's Lisa Robinson and rapper Ludacris had an equally sqiurmy sit-down during a New York City panel discussion Wednesday night. From Radar:

Luda, 29, politely played along as Robinson, who appears to be in her mid-50s, asked questions that started with such phrases as "I don't understand all that rap stuff" and "Now, if you're fronting," among other gems. After her use of the word fronting, Bridges and the crowd erupted in laughter, and the amused rapper eventually grinned and asked the elder editor to explain what "fronting is ... for all the people in the audience who may not know."

Later, Robinson's tired comparison of rappers to white rock dinosaurs like David Bowie and members of The Rolling Stones was lost on the youthful audience, who, moments before the panel, were enjoying Ludcaris's hits piped in through the speakers. While a few audience members slept, one was overheard remarking, "What are these questions she's asking?"

Note to Robinson: That's what they call a "diss."

Vanity Fair Editor Be 'Frontin' on Luda [Radar]