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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nairobi. To feed her family of five she entertains as many as 10 clients a day on her children's bed, charging the going rate of 25 cents a trick. Her latest boyfriend just landed in jail, and her kids -- forced to play outside in the mud while their mama "has a guest" -- often go hungry on a skimpy diet of corn mash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cursed, Yet Blessed | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

Snoop makes great party music, and that's the key to the album's appeal. Gin and Juice bounces along at a casual speed that's ideal for both dancing and just hanging out. "Two in the morning and the party's still jumping cause my mama ain't home," Snoop raps. "So what do you want to do? I got a pocketful of rubbers and my homeboys do too." The lyrics are often unnecessarily graphic; at some points they're downright obscene. Snoop unabashedly expresses his adolescent urges, talking freely of having casual sex, smoking pot and even gunning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gangsta Rap, Doggystyle | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Where he got that idea: There was an episode on Mama's Family where Vinton tries to impress Naomi by telling her he has every TV Guide since 1963. My sister and I thought that was so romantic...

Author: By Joshua D. Fine, | Title: FM profile | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...wedding night, torments his bride with a garden snake and then orders her to sleep on the floor. The twerp is particularly endearing when he tells his mother that his wife won't sleep with him, when in fact he's scared to death when she undresses for him. Mama...

Author: By Allen C. Soong, | Title: Unaccepted Images | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

...which became a movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino) and the funny-poignant Lips Together, Teeth Apart (which is now playing in Los Angeles). Among his dozens of plays are daft farces (The Ritz, Bad Habits), an Emmy-winning TV play (Andre's Mother) and a clever sitcom (Mama Malone), but nothing so eloquent, capacious and true as A Perfect Ganesh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Success Is His Best Revenge | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

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