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In his first magazine cover since being released from prison, Shyne aka Moses Levy grabs the cover of XXL magazine’s upcoming Septemeber issue. But more intriguing than that is the headline that accompanies it. The last real rapper alive? What’s the basis for that?

That is the worst and most poorly written headline I’ve ever seen. OK even if you’re a cynic like me and believe the game is merely a shell of its old self sporting a bunch of hypemen masquerading as emcees you still couldn’t make that statement. What happened? All the old emcees die along with Biggie and Pac?

Is Big Daddy Kane, Rakim Allah, KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Chuck D and Scarface all dead? I know they don’t pump out records like they used to but to say Shyne…SHYNE? is the last real rapper ALIVE? That’s irresponsible. I mean even Nas and Jay-Z athough past their prime should take offense to such ridiculous.

Is this not the same magazine that burst on the scene with their historic cover entitled “The Greatest Day featuring a few dozen “RAPPERS” modeled after the 1959 Esquire Magazine shoot that famously captured the greatest Jazz musicians of the era.  Did all those 200+ rappers die in the last 11 years?

I petition XXL to run a retraction in next month’s issue for displaying such carelessness on its front cover. Of course I’ll wait to actually read the article and what its referring to before I launch my Twitter campaign urging them to do so.