Famed hip hop journalist James Bernard confirmed dead

Famed hip hop journalist James Bernard confirmed dead

A year after he was reported missing, celebrated hip hop journalist James Bernard has been confirmed dead. Bernard was best known as co-founder of the pioneering hip-hop magazines The Source and XXL. A spokesman for the Burlington County, N.J., prosecutor’s office told Journal-isms on Monday that his death is “being treated as a suicide.” “His body was discovered on December 29, 2025, by hunters in a wooded area of Pemberton Township,” the publi…