From VIBE’s Editor In Chief Danyel Smith:

On behalf the VIBE CONTENT staff (the best in this business), it is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building today. We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news. It’s a tragic week in overall, but as the doors of VIBE Media Group close, on the eve of the magazine’s sixteenth anniversary, it’s a sad day for music, for hip hop in particular, and for the millions of readers and users who have loved and who continue to love the VIBE brand. We thank you, we have served you with joy, pride and excellence, and we will miss you.

2009 BET Awards Edition:

Actor Tyrese Gibson wins hands-down in the Best-Dressed Man category…

with Ray J pulling a very close second.

Former Detroit Pistons ‘Bad Boy’ John Salley was lookin’ kinda hot, too!

I don’t really like men in white suits (my father wore one to my high school graduation - I think I’m traumatized :-), but singer Trey Songz definitely upped the sexiness factor of this particular white suit.

Papa Joe Jackson gets an honorable mention for being a well-dressed older ‘gentleman’. Speaking of older gentlemen - Don Cornelius was looking pretty hot in his suit last night, even though his presentation was painful - to say the least.

Four-year-old Mercy James gets a piggyback ride from her new adopted mom, Madonna. Madonna was finally allowed to adopt little Mercy from a Malaysian orphanage, after appealing the denial of her original petition to adopt.

Related posts: Malawi says “no” to Madonna

Once again, Maxwell’s was the standout performance of the BET Awards. Max is always classy, sexy, and cool - a combination that can’t miss with us ladies, and apparently with the guys, too! Can you believe host Jamie Foxx actually said Maxwell’s singing makes him “moist”?

Loved that he honored Michael Jackson without imitating Michael Jackson.

Very emotional.

…because of you I now SERIOUSLY heart the “Tiny & Toya” reality show, Lil’ Wayne’s “Every Girl in the World”, and that danggone catchy “Halle Berry” song!

I think I may have lost a few brain cells.

And it is just me - or was Zonnique (Tiny’s daughter) one of the little girls onstage with Drake during Lil’ Wayne’s “Every Girl in the World”? I think she was wearing a red tutu.

And why were those little girls onstage during that song, anyway?

Detroiters (and everybody else) - the Motown Museum is holding a candlelight vigil for Michael Jackson at the place where Michael & the Jackson Five got their start - right here in Motown.

The tribute will take place Sunday (tomorrow), 8pm, at historic Hitsville USA - the place where all the Motown classics were recorded. According to the Motown Museum, Hitsville USA has received a record number of visitors since Michael’s death - all coming together to celebrate Michael’s life and legacy.

The J5 sing “Who’s Lovin’ You”. Yeah, I know I’m reachin’ for the oldies, but this is the MJ I loved…