The Source chronicled hip-hop music, culture and politics through artist features, scene reporting, reviews and fashion.

About this issue and its era: DMX, Silkk the Shocker and Kurupt front the Rap’s New Generation collector’s cover. The issue advertises a three-page fold-out cover, but its full condition has not been inspected. These artists connect New York’s Ruff Ryders breakthrough, No Limit’s Southern rise and the West Coast’s next chapter—a useful snapshot of rap’s changing geography in 1998.

Issue: The Source, June 1998, No. 105. Physical vintage magazine; one copy available.

Visible cover condition: Visible spine rubbing, edge wear and corner creasing. A price sticker remains on the upper-right front cover. Fold-out completeness and condition have not been verified.

Interior pages, inserts, posters and binding have not been inspected; no claim of completeness or a formal condition grade is made. Photograph shows the actual copy offered. The background has been removed, with artwork, labels, creases and wear preserved.