Rob Kenner is a founding editor of VIBE magazine, and author of the New York Times bestseller 'The Marathon Don't Stop:: The Life & Time of Nipsey Hussle.'
Mega-producer Quincy Jones , who died Sunday at the age of 91, was"on a special mission his entire life," writes the author.The first time Quincy Jones appeared on the cover of his own magazine, he had a sense of humor about it. “How come it didn’t happen earlier?” he joked with Scott Poulson-Bryant — the brilliant young staff writer who came up with the magazine’s oh-so-evocative name, Vibe — in the November 1995 cover story.
“Well I got a great idea for a magazine,” Quincy told Ross. “But I don’t know anything about magazines.”“People cannot live without music, man,” he liked to point out. Music had saved his life and become his calling, carrying him around the world, introducing him to all the greats. Quincy got to know all types of music — Stravinsky, samba, Santeria — but especially Black music. He lived it and he breathed it and he elevated it to unimaginable levels of popularity.
Jones and Michael Jackson pose for a portrait after winning at the Grammys for their work on the album"Thriller," Feb. 28, 1984.The test issue’s cover featured a stunning black and white portrait of Treach from Naughty by Nature, as profiled by Kevin Powell, a young Black writer and activist from New Jersey who’d recently become famous for his role in what many have called the first reality show, MTV’s “The Real World.” The issue sold like crazy. National advertisers bought in.
Never a micromanager, he pretty much let us do our thing, although he did put his foot down when the magazine’s founding editor-in-chief, Jonathan Van Meter, wanted to run a cover story on Madonna and Dennis Rodman one month after a cover story on the Beastie Boys. All of a sudden Van Meter was out, the most expensive shoot in the magazine’s history to date was scrapped, and we pulled together an Eddie Murphy cover story at the last minute just as “The Nutty Professor” was hitting theaters.
When speaking of the totality of Quincy’s legacy, certain names must be mentioned: Ray Charles and Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughn, Michael Jackson and Will Smith. You have to mention playing the trumpet, composing, arranging, producing, scoring films, producing films and TV shows — from “The Color Purple” to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” And you have to mention Vibe.
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