She apparently spent her summers studying comparative religion in a gifted teen program at New York's Columbia University. She's Humane Society's first-ever Global Ambassador for the animals, and went on a recent "soul-searching" trip to the Galapagos, Australia, and South Africa to raise awareness for animals and swim with baby whales. And Wiz, who's a good friend of mine, thinks I'm a good rapper? Snoop? It's crazy and funny to me." But then, Andre 3000 was telling me how he thinks I'm a good rapper. "I was shocked, and thought it was hilarious. "The first time someone called me a rapper, I started laughing," she tells the writer. In the cover story, by Julianne Escobedo Sheperd, we learn that: But controversy sells, and any good editor knows it. I remember thinking if it were up to me, I would have put Beyonce on the cover of Latina, right around the time she released her Spanish EP, Irremplazable, with the cover line: "I wish I had been born Latina" – something she actually said to me during an interview in 2007 and caused a lot of controversy, even if she meant it in the most innocent way. I also commend the editors for taking risks. Even so, this issue caught my attention, and I was happy to see some good articles in there, like Erik Parker's "What the has Obama done?" I haven't read an issue of VIBE in years, mostly because it doesn't speak to me as much anymore, but also because the design has turned increasingly masculine and not in a GQ/ Esquire way, which I do enjoy. She is making history as the first living white solo female to cover the hip-hop bible – the mag did an obit August/September 2011 cover honoring the late Amy Winehouse, and during my years at VIBE Gwen Stefani posed with Pharrell Williams for the March 2005 issue, with the coverline: "Hip-Hop Meets Rock: Gwen & Pharrell Redefine Music & Fashion." Maybe it's that I'm not used to seeing high-end fashion photos of her, but she looks better than I thought she would. Wild child Ke$ha is on the Oct/Nov 2012 cover of VIBE Magazine, looking surprisingly good.
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