Music 5 New Jobs for Jermaine Dupri

Will wear a less silly hat for work.

Bailouts, layoffs, bank failings'yeah we’d heard the economy sucks right now but we didn’t believe it until we woke up today and heard the rumors that Jermaine Dupri has been fired from his job as the head of urban music at Island/Def Jam (we refuse to believe his dismissal had anything to do with his business acumen). Can breadlines and Wall Street types hopping off buildings be far behind? Somebody confiscate Q the Kid’s shoelaces, stat!

But luckily for JD, he’s a multi-talented dude and he should have no problem transitioning into a variety of careers until the next Kris Kross comes around. But just in case, we’ve got a few job suggestions for him…

Politics & Crime 5 Ways For Sarah Palin To Kill Time Before 2012

News flash: the economy sucks. And as hard as it is to get by on the blue collar wages we get working the internets, we’re sure it’s even rougher out there for the unemployed.

Which is the fate that’s befallen our homegirl Sarah Palin this morning. Yeah, technically she’s still governor of Alaska, but really, how hard can that be? So until she fires up her 2012 presidential bid, Ess to the Pee’s gotta find a day job. And as the ever-helpful foot soldiers for the less fortunate that we are, Complex has five ideas for things she can do with her downtime…