The Source Magazine – March 2001 (Ja Rule Cover, Issue No. 138)

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The March 2001 issue of The Source (Issue No. 138) features a brooding close-up of Ja Rule, who gives readers his fifty cents on Jay-Z, DMX and his own rise to the top of the charts. Inside, the magazine asks whether Puffy was crucified by the media or guilty as sin, profiles West Coast talents Kokane and Suga Free, and unpacks hip-hop’s global domination with regional reports from the UK, Germany, Paris, Amsterdam, Japan, Cuba and beyond. Additional coverage spotlights Detroit’s Black history, the St. Lunatics, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. and a brand-new graf section, alongside a return of Da Unda Ground. A snapshot of hip-hop going worldwide at the turn of the millennium, from the magazine that called itself the bible of hip-hop music, culture and politics.