The Magazine in Popular Culture
- In the television series The Sopranos, the character Tony Soprano is shown reading the magazine in the episode "Live Free or Die" (first aired on April 16, 2006, during the series's sixth season).
- The rap singer Ludacris mentions the magazine in a line in the song "Spur of the Moment" on his studio album The Red Light District (2004).
- The rap singer Jay-Z refers to the magazine in two songs. The first reference is in the song "The Watcher 2" on his studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2003). The second is in the song "Only A Customer" from the soundtrack album Streets Is Watching (1998) from the film of the same name (1998), in which he says "As you thumb through The Source, I read the Robb Report."
- The rap singer Common refers to the magazine in his song "Drivin Me Wild".
- The rap singer Kanye West mentions the magazine in a line in the remix of the song "Hold On" by Dwele.
- The rap singer Kool Keith is looking at the magazine in the song "Extravagant Traveller" on his studio album Matthew (2000).
- The rap singer Black Rob released a studio album The Black Rob Report (2005).
- The rap singer 50 Cent mentions the magazine in a line in the song "Strong Enough" on his studio album Before I Self Destruct (2009).
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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, magazine, popular and/or culture:
“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Then I discovered that my son had learned something new. For the first time, he was able to give a proper kiss, puckering up his lips and enfolding my face in his arms. “Kees Dada,” he said as he bussed me on the nose and cheeks. No amount of gratification at work could have compensated for that moment.”
—Donald H. Bell. “Conflicting Interests,” New York Times Magazine (July 31, 1983)
“An aesthetic movement with a revolutionary dynamism and no popular appeal should proceed quite otherwise than by public scandal, publicity stunt, noisy expulsion and excommunication.”
—Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)
“When we want culture more than potatoes, and illumination more than sugar-plums, then the great resources of a world are taxed and drawn out, and the result, or staple production, is, not slaves, nor operatives, but men,—those rare fruits called heroes, saints, poets, philosophers, and redeemers.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)