R.I.P. James Bernard

Celebrated Hip Hop journalist, James Bernard, has been confirmed dead more than 17 months after he was reported missing...

From Journal-isms   

The death of James Bernard, widely admired co-founder of the pioneering hip-hop magazines The Source and XXL, “is being treated as a sxicide,” a spokesman for the Burlington County, N.J., prosecutor’s office told Journal-isms Monday.

“His body was discovered on December 29, 2025, by hunters in a wooded area of Pemberton Township,” said public Information officer Joel Bewley.

“The conclusion is based on a determination from the medical examiner’s office.”

The revelation comes after the journalist had been reported missing more than 17 months ago, according to New Jersey records. It appeared that Bernard died at the beginning of that time period. Born Aug. 5, 1965, he would have been 58 then.

As reported Saturday, the missing-persons website websleuths.com said Bernard was “Last seen on 03/17/2024 walking away from his residence wearing a blue sweatshirt, gray pants with a bookbag on his back. Likely headed to wooded areas of Pemberton Township.”