The Source

A requiem for the man, the magazine, and the era

In 1998, Big Boi and Andre 3000 lived up to their promise: ‘The South got something to say’

Behind the wild scenes — two pistols, a fuschia camisole and a president — with the photographers, editors and subjects

It helped launch then-Def Jam honcho Shawn Carter as a ‘business, man’

Charles Barkley, Spike Lee, N-words with the hard e-r and an issue that captured the early ’90s