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The Soul Train Music Awards, “which have largely been ignored by the African-American stars the event aims to honor,” according to Reuters, are no longer. The 22nd installment of the awards show has been cancelled, two years after the syndicated show that spawned it was taken off the air. No official reason for the cancellation was given, but surely being relegated to 1 a.m. slots on MyNetworkTV affiliates and not even getting an updated Web presence didn’t really help the ceremony’s case. [Reuters]