The Source Magazine – August 1997 (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Cover, Issue No. 95, III of IV Collector's Set)

A Piece of The Source Magazine History

A genuine piece of hip-hop history: the August 1997 issue of The Source (Issue No. 95), part of the celebrated four-cover collector's set, with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony crowned in regal splendor on cover three of four. Fresh off the era-defining success of their music, the Cleveland group is framed like royalty in an ornate gilded portrait. Inside, the issue moves through the sound and politics of late-nineties rap, with features spanning the Lost Boyz, Erick Sermon, and Puff Daddy & Mase. A standout artifact from the golden age of the magazine that called itself the bible of hip-hop music, culture and politics.