Representatives from The Source magazine have released a statement concerning Hell Rell‘s claims of payola, saying that Rell was being sold an advertisement not editorial coverage and that he has recorded audio and is scheduled to record a video recanting his accusation.
Checkmate New York spoke with Hell Rell yesterday, he has recorded an audio clearing up the matter, and he will be coming up to The Source‘s office Friday to a response verifying this fact and recanting his former statement, which will be released this Friday. It turns out he was propositioned by an intern who was selling an ad for the magazine called The Source Independent Hip-Hop Network. In this ad the artist is free to advertise anything he/she chooses to (including albums, mixtapes and t-shirts) In no way shape or form is it possible to buy a review, editorial piece or any creative content in any section of the magazine or website.(Statement) This response was to a claim from the popular mixtape circuit emcee who said a Source writer attempted to offer him coverage for money.
HELL RELL’S INTERVIEW
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Nuggs Da Wonda Boy
February 5, 2009 at 12:44 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hell Rell is mad cause he’s wack and aint known outside fuckin uptown. The Source really stepped theyre game up since wack ass benzino aint with em no more. Its actually worth checkin out now
Matt Hanson
February 4, 2009 at 3:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Good writing. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed my Google News Reader..
Matt Hanson
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February 6, 2009 at 2:23 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
[...] I don’t know if everyone caught the story this week about how the Source called Hell Rell and offered him a writeup in the magazine and on [...]