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after 16 years. Vibe Media Group confirmed Tuesday that the publication - as well VibeTV and Vibe Books - has been shut down effective immediately.

The Real Rap issue for June/July will be the mag's last, although August's issue featuring the Dream had already been completed

According to Publishers Information Bureau, revenue was down 40% from last year.

Circulation also dropped from 800,000 to 600,000 earlier this year, as did the magazine's frequency, from 12 issues per year to 10.

Said editor in chief Danyel Smith, "It is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building



. We were assigning a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news. It's a sad day for music - for hip hop, in particular.