Dope.
Do any hip hop magazines exist in physical print in 2026?
Other magazines do, I never see hip hop ones.
I remember seeing the Raekwon tarantula XXL on the stands in stores in high school.
At this point old Source Magazines are like Dead Sea Scrolls! Which issues do you own?
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Dope.
Do any hip hop magazines exist in physical print in 2026?
Other magazines do, I never see hip hop ones.
I remember seeing the Raekwon tarantula XXL on the stands in stores in high school.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Somewhere I have (or had) every issue from 96-2002/03
Ones in particular, I hope didn't get tossed over the years, are the 2pac RIP issue, Biggie RIP issue, Vibe Death Row issue, and some of the Wu joints.
Ones in particular, I hope didn't get tossed over the years, are the 2pac RIP issue, Biggie RIP issue, Vibe Death Row issue, and some of the Wu joints.
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Dope.
I remember going to the Yonge street HMV to get that black with red Wu logo source signed by Cappadona.
I was skateboarding downtown that day too. I had white shelltoes with black fat laces, baggy jeans, a big t shirt, backpack and my hair was spiked up but fro like (with what a white kid could do lol)
That issue is from June 1997 but I met Cappa around June 1998 so I was 16.
He stopped me in the line up after it was my turn to get the magazine signed. He looked me up and down and said "Yo! With that hair, and an all white suit! Yo, you'd look fly son!" Lol
I had the biggest grin on my face, gave him.dap and said "Aww man, fashion top from Cappadona!"
That moment made by year! His energy was so positive and great!
And he signed the inner front page poster with a tag in gold marker!
TheMailMan
All Star
Used to buy them all the time . I remember onne with Ice T on the cover and it was like a gangbanging 101 on bloods & crips
Lil Kim gettin 5 mics 
ROBEEZYKILLA
the coli soulja
I had the 2006 xxl one where it showed everybody from Houston in the cover that’s the only one I ever bought I wish I would’ve kept it
I have a few from the mid 2000’s. I actually have more XXL magazines than The Source. The last ones I brought were in 2011 when Nas was on the cover and he was interviewed by Tyler The Creator.
HipHopStan
Top 113 Poster
I recently found this old Source mag that I don’t even remember buying from the year 2000 with Eminem on the cover.
That was a pretty gnarly cover tbh.
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Groundworks
All Star
I would cop Source magazine and XXL religiously back in the day. All got lost in life tho....Ive recently been buying some of eBay, some of the copies sell for ridiculous money.
I recently got the XXL fold out cover when G-Unit was running the game. 50,Mobb deep, M.O.P and them. Classic.
I recently got the XXL fold out cover when G-Unit was running the game. 50,Mobb deep, M.O.P and them. Classic.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
That was the official end, but it was trending down before then.Lil Kim gettin 5 mics
TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
The Source,XXL and Vibe magazines
I have like 50 or so
I have like 50 or so
I threw out like 90% of my collection years ago. I probably had a couple hundred of them at one point. Source, vibe, XXL, black men's, king, forbes, dupont registry, dub and many others. I could have made money off of them but I didn't have the time or space to store them anymore.
