While the U.S. economy boomed, Bill Clinton was impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice; he was ultimately acquitted. The student massacre at Columbine High School traumatized a nation. In this compelling cover story, Anthony Bozza traces the twisted life story of Eminem, who over the course of three months in 1999 went from white trash to white hot.
"I wanted a hip-hop album that has the roots, the integrity and the sound of an old record"
Hip-hop triumphed, and teens ruled. While music split into millions of subgenres, record companies merged into giant corporations. Was it good for you??
Hot pants, hot rods, guitars that spit blood: how he went from a television-addicted high school loser to the new king of heavy metal
The ten most important hard and heavy bands right now
A "Rolling Stone" investigation into the music and lives of Fun Lovin' Criminals
The singer on exes, life after Sugar Ray and embarrassing himself in front of Neve Campbell
On trial and under attack, the 'Hustler' publisher is taking on his most ambitious project yet: making porn stars of the GOP
She has been miseducated at the finest schools, has been nominated for 10 Grammys and has put the spirit of Bob Marley into Nineties hip-hop
He was demoted at 'Saturday Night Live,' and his first big movie bombed; can he turn wrong into right on his sitcom?
First Oakland, then the world. Jerry Brown, former governor of California, has abandoned the Democrats to sell his pro-development, tough-on-crime agenda from beyond party lines – as Oakland's newest mayor
The child navigates becoming a woman while the former Mousketeer courts worldwide fame
Don't rely on men, but don't shun them either. They're not your enemies.
He is the major Force for laughs and controversy in the new 'Star Wars' flick — find out why from Ahmed Best, the young dynamo who plays him
For "Mule Variations," the singer-songwriter rounded up his multiple personalities — barfly poet, avant-garde storyteller, family guy — and came up with the biggest hit of his career
The former Spice Girl on the dreams, sexiness and her future
The mightiest band in rock & roll is ready to take on racism, economic injustice and political oppression – but first they had to learn to get along with each other
The music got them, and after three decades they're still going wherever it takes to play
A cadet at West Point
West Point's new "nice-guy army"
A lot of cynics have abandoned the idea that music can effect political change. That's completely defeatist.
As he prepares for his first-ever solo tour, the former Beach Boy struggles with his demons and scarfs down the finest steamed vegetables in L.A.
Hollywood's foulmouthed animaniacs take on Will Smith, censorship and even themselves
The actress shares secrets about life with Tom Cruise and working with Stanley Kubrick on the summer's sexiest movie, "Eyes Wide Shut"
The lead singer talks the band's latest album, 'Astro Lounge,' and kicking critical butt
How the Florida band went from scrounging an extra bag of chips backstage to multimillion-album-selling stars
From teen idol and soap opera actor to singing with Madonna and generally taking over the world
Carlos Santana on 'Supernatural,' meditation and why he compares himself to a great waiter
The young stars of 'American Pie' — the summer's rauchiest teen teen comedy — reluctantly give up their own experiences on the film's Topic A: Virginity and How They Lost It
Hollywood's next great bombshell is a tattooed love goddess who's played vixens, temptresses and a doomed, drug-addicted supermodel, and for some reason, people think she's dark
The world's glaciers are melting, oceans are rising and the planet just gets hotter. Why is the United States government refusing to face the most pressing environmental issue of the century?
Talking with Charlottesville's most famous ex-bartender about summer touring
No worries: Basement Jaxx makes the world's happiest dance music
Where do you define boundaries about what you should and shouldn't do? Most of me tends to not want to care about doing the wrong thing.
The outspoken singer-songwriter on her new double album, touring with Alanis Morissette and why she used to chase Mexicans
"Was this the beginning of the end of 'alternative' as an outside living?" asks Vernon Reid of Living Colour
While the clock ticks down to the 2000 Summer Games, some of the best U.S. Olympic athletes talk about personal web sites, winning ugly and the virtues of the full-body shave
Holed up in an old funeral home, the man behind Nine Inch Nails has spent the last four years coping with loss and constructing a delicate and brutal masterpiece
Like a lot of college students, Davis Wolfgang Hawke (a.k.a. The Commander) wanted to change the world. But the world isn't having any of it
Inside the secret life of sorority girls at Ohio State University
The Thin White Duke, on Zen, baseball, dreams, and more
They spend billions, dictate pop culture, stress out about the future and drink way too much coffee
Grooming tips from hip-hop's style setters, Prince Paul and Dan "The Automator"
The Doc is back, curing the ills of the hip-hop nation
David Obey can tell you a thing or two about why Congress has become such a poisonous, evil-tempered place
The 'Addams Family' actress takes on her image as an angry, fun, hazardously sexy teen who will say anything
The cut-and-paste whiz kid of 'Odelay' grows up and gets in touch with his inner freak
