Even though Robin Thicke has been coined a “blue-eyed-soul artist,” joining the ranks of Jon B and Justin Timberlake, his blue-eyed soulness wasn’t enough to get on the cover of Vibe Magazine. According Robin Thicke, the magazine has a strict policy against having “white” artists on the cover !
While promoting his forthcoming album earlier this summer, an interview with Vibe went wrong according to the “Magic” singer. During the interview Thicke reportedly asked why he could not cover an issue of the magazine — their response “We don’t put white artists on our covers..”
Since the release of his breakthrough album “The Evolution of Robin Thicke” featuring the hit singles “Lost Without You” and “Can You Believe,” which both charted well on the R&B and pop charts, Thicke has garnered quite a following amongst R&B and Soul music fans. So what’s up with the cold shoulder from Vibe ?
Recalling the situation with Vibe Thicke says “This is a magazine I love. If there’s one magazine that I’d want to be on the cover of, it’s Vibe. The only white artist they’ve had on the cover was Eminem. I guess if that’s what it is, it is what it is.”
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That is bullshit because Eminem and Justin Timberlake were both feautured in the magazine in the past. Eminem was like twice and Justin was on the cover before his first album drop, Vibe on some B.S
Robin shouldn’t even bother about this… VIBE has declined in sales and readership for a long time. Their writers aren’t fresh or imaginative anymore…. I see them fading from publication soon
gwen stefani and pharell shared a cover as well
fuck vibe.that is racist.
Many years ago they also had the Beastie Boys on their cover. But that was when Vibe was a proper magazine, with long, interesting articles, not the sort of sorry excuse for wasting paper it is today.