Lil' Kim continues to prove she is Hip Hop's reigning Queen Diva. ("Queen Bee" to be exact.) She's currently setting fire to the cover of The Source magazine's December '99 issue.

"That b**th is a star. That cover shot of her is gonna sell mad copies of The Source. Hinds is going out with a bang and David Mays is gonna get paid. Lil' Kim is a star. She's hot," says Hot 104.com's Tha Blunted Child. Hinds, as in editor-in-chief for the past four years, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, is currently the hottest "free agent" property in the world of urban publishing. Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons was rumored to have picked Hinds to head his new multi-million dollar venture into cyberspace. Hinds also joined two former XXL execs recently on BET Tonight With Tavis Smiley for a panel discussion on the lack of black ownership in Hip Hop /Urban publishing.

Even though his professional career is on the fast track, Hinds has had his share of black eyes. His split with The Source was highly reported as being due to a Hip Hop "scandal" involving publisher David Mays and the group he manages, Made Men. The "mic rating" of the group's album, Classic Limited Edition, was supposedly altered at Mays' request. There was also this year's televised Source Awards... which was a black eye not only for Hinds, but for everyone associated with The Source magazine and the Hip Hop community as a whole.

As The Source turns, the brand name is still worth it's wait in gold. Although the re-constructed web site is taking most of it's cues from Rolling Stone.com, the brand is still considered No. 1 in the world of Hip Hop publishing. "People can say what they want, but you can't change the fact that The Source started this. When nobody gave two cents about Hip Hop, they were there," says Hot 104.com's Urban Warhol. "I remember getting my first subscription bill from them back when Ronin Ro was still a writer there... back in '92. It said something like, 'Send $19.95.. Don't front!,' I was kinda offended, but I sent the money and thought to myself, 'Damn... these n****z is live.'." One Nation.

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