As someone who was born in the ’70s and shaped in the ’80s, I can tell you that trips to the “corner store” in search of candy weren’t just about pleasing our insatiable sweet teeth (tooths?

He’d become a solo star after breaking off from his group in the early-’80s, but continued to gather ... headline-capturing pop culture moments and even an acting turn on TV’s hottest ...

and books carry the essence of American pop culture. In 1960, nearly half of America's population is under 18 years old. It's a young society, and the most affluent generation in U.S. history.

Take a trip down memory lane and see what was happening in pop culture in February during the years 1975, 1985 and 2000.

Sixteen years later, Cooper looked back on the success and influence of “New Jack City,” in a 2007 interview with culture magazine “Stop Smiling.” “If there was no ‘New Jack,’ there ...