DONT YOU JUST LOVE MARY FOR BEING MARY!

I didnt even see the 2005 Vibe awards, but I have walked, no "RAN" past newspaper stands with my hands over my eyes to not see the new Vibe magazine cover that has the Queen of Hip Hop Soul looking like an ethiopian chicken head. When one's eyes gazes upon the glossy cover what are you think? My knee jerk reaction was "What the hell was Mary thinking??". Its nice to know that she is as digusted as we all are. As we know Mary is a confident, outspoken woman, and recently she reminded us all why we love Mary. In last weeks Vibe Award show, Mary was being honored with Vibe legend award, but took alot more then just pretigous award(if thats what you can call it, im trying Vibe). She took our attention, to denounce the cover.
Here is what she had to say that was cut out of the show. "No disrespect, but I really hated the way you guys shaved off my head, pushed my forehead way back behind my ears. I'm just insulted, so that's no respect on the cover, but I thank you, and I appreciate this award.”For so many years, VIBE has given me great, great, great covers, but I must say, I'm very, very disappointed at the cover this time, so Mimi, me and you really need to talk, as women."

In response to Mary's outlandish statement here is Mimi Valdes
response:
Dearest Mary,
Dissing VIBE while accepting our VLegend Award was extremely disappointing. I'm sorry you find your most recent cover insulting. It was definitely not our intention. If you look at the big picture, we've been supportive of your career beginning with the first issue of VIBE in the fall of '92. You've graced our cover seven times, more than any other artist.
Besides your desire to make a private conversation public, your accusations are untrue. How your hair looks on that cover is between you and your hairstylist. I swear, your hairline is no different than the Polaroids you saw at the shoot or the snapshots we printed in my What's Good column. In any case, you felt compelled to speak your peace, and at the end of the day, isn't this truly why we all love Mary in the first place?
One of the hardest things about working at VIBE is not to take things like this personally. For myself and the rest of the edit staff, working here is more than just a job. We take our roles as journalists very seriously, but we're die-hard fans as well. I'd be lying not to admit how hurt we were by the negativity you brought to our celebration, especially since you were being honored. After last year's incident, we went above and beyond to make this year's ceremony drama-free. We did not want to let '04's unfortunate events deter us from our mission to celebrate the best of the best in urban music. It's sad you did not share in this vision with us.

Peace,

Mimi ValdésEditor-in-Chief