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

About this issue and its era: Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill appear as the Geto Boys beneath the Dead Men Walking headline. The Houston group’s vivid storytelling helped establish Southern rap as a national force. This cover arrives in the period of The Resurrection, placing the group’s reunion within a 1996 landscape often remembered primarily through the East Coast and West Coast spotlight.

Issue: The Source, June 1996, No. 81. Physical vintage magazine; one copy available.

Visible cover condition: Visible spine creasing and rubbing, edge wear and worn corners. The left edge shows heavier handling wear.

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.