The late, notorious Christopher Wallace died of gunshot wounds nearly two decades ago. Soon, however, we will witness his resurrection as an exclusively licensed hologram.

Puffy’s new video for “You Could Be My Lover,” from his MMM mixtape, depicts his usual fare: one or two men dancing in a room full of lovely women. What’s different is Gizzle, the butch lesbian leading the song, rapping about hollering at women in the middle of a misogynistic smorgasbord. Is this progress? Sorta.

The most important rap song of 1997 was “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down,” by Puff Daddy. Let me explain.

My first white party began, like every good fairy tale, with an emailed invitation from a PR professional.