Dave Mays and Benzino, you're fired!

Not to post twice in one day about hip-hip, because I could really care less, but it was announced today that Dave Mays and Ray Benzino have been given the axe as CEO and Chief Brand Executive (read extortionist) of The Source magazine - proving once again that if you're dumb enough, you can actually be fired from a company you supposedly own.

Meanwhile, one-time chief operating officer at The Source and founder of one of those dumbass Southern rap magazines, Jeremy Miller has been named the new CEO of The Source and handed the task of sucking up to all of the various record labels and advertisers Benzino ran off, especially Eminem, Fiddy and Interscope.

To wit:

"As far as I am concerned, all of the previous beefs are dead," said Miller, referring to Benzino's long-standing rivalries with Eminem, 50 Cent and Interscope Records, among others. "They no longer apply."

Miller then instructed staffers to spread the word to clients and publicists alike. He also told them that there would be some restructuring with the goal of cutting costs.

No word yet on whether Miller will be doing the fellating himself or whether Kim Osorio and the other woman will be offered their old jobs back.

Like most reasonable adults, I haven't bought a rap magazine since like 2000. But I always kinda liked the idea that the Mays/Benzino Source would print whatever the fuck they wanted without any regard to business concerns.

I heard some of the stuff they published last year was especially brazen and had been meaning to pick up a copy and check it out one day while I was in Barnes & Nobles. Oh well.