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Chalky sugar sticks with a painted red tip, sold in cigarette-style packs straight to kids at the corner store — plus bubble-gum versions whose paper wrappers let you puff out powdered-sugar "smoke." The most "you had to be there" candy of the entire era.
Marshall Mathers from Detroit, a white rapper in a Black art form, exploded into stardom with shock-rap alter ego Slim Shady and relentless rhymes. The blond buzzcut, unapologetic controversy, Dr. Dre mentorship, and hits like 'Stan' and 'The Real Slim Shady' made him the biggest and most polarizing star in music during the early 2000s.