In June of 1995, Mystikal, whose self-titled debut for New Orleans’ Big Boy Records label was creeping its way up Billboard’s hip-hop and R&B albums chart (its re-release as Mind of Mystikal on Jive Records later that year hit number 14) made history as the first rapper to appear on the cover of OffBeat. During the Jazz Fest season that immediately preceded that issue, according to Soundscan reports, the...