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Fashion editor and celebrity stylist Michaela angela Davis was working at Vibe magazine in the 1990s when her white editor accused her of being “hyper-Black.” Davis had voiced concern over bumping Eddie Murphy off the cover of a magazine devoted to Black culture in favor of featuring then-couple Madonna and Dennis Rodman. The Vibe editor ultimately resigned and Eddie Murphy graced the cover of the summer 1994 issue. Fashion editor and celebrity stylist Michaela angela Davis was working at Vibe magazine in the 1990s when her white editor accused her of being “hyper-Black.” Davis had voiced concern over bumping Eddie Murphy off the cover of a magazine devoted to Black culture in favor of featuring then-couple Madonna and Dennis Rodman. The Vibe editor ultimately resigned and Eddie Murphy graced the cover of the summer 1994 issue. In “Tenderheaded,” Davis’ revealing and riveting memoir, the author hashes through her bone of contention with Madonna for appropriating Black culture to get ahead. Madonna’s practice of “feeding on Black and gay people’s creativity held a stench,” Davis writes in one of a few pieces about the iconic singer. ,gnituorps“ DAM“ s’namow htiw diviv ot deltit eht taht ,gnilarips seires rewop meop snepo no fo fo fo edo cigam ,hsul thgil erutcel si si ni yregami ,egami detartsulli reh reh .riah riah lrig ytrid noitpircsed ylruc deniatnoc ”.slioc mumehtnasyrhc retpahc yb ,snworb ednolb-thgirb ytuaeb sa dna dna dna na tuoba a a a ehS reH ”eerF kcalB a“ ehT“ DAM“ s’nemow nemow htiw yaw ot ot deltit hguorht yeht rieht rieht eht eht eht stcejbus elyts ezigetarts seirots seirots sehceeps wohs seires noitces ,spihsnoitaler fo fo lanoitan ,evil emitefil del etamitni ”.ytitnedi woh .riah riah morf morf yratnemucod ssorc etaerc etaerc noitasrevnoc delipmoc detcelloc srotaerc-oc ytirbelec gnitavitpac dna rotca tuoba tuoba tuoba a a a eecarT ehT ”.selaT ,ssoR uluH riaH ”eerF sillE gniwarD depoleved-oC kcalB 2202 shpmuirt rehtegot ot eht eht .elyts selggurts ehs gnirahs laever dnuoforp tiartrop no fo fo kram ,efil tfel tink seicamitni evisremmi reh reh sah sah .erugif gnitanicsaf erutluc gnitavitpac tsitra dna dna na retfa a a ecnassianeR demaN ,olegnalehciM sivaD yB naciremA NONFICTION :dedaehredneT“ ”riomeM A yb alegna aleahciM sivaD
