Despite the all-purpose expletive being diluted of its magic, motherfucker still helped propel jazz, blues, rock, punk and rap into the cultural zeitgeist.

During the Great Depression, recording giants HMV teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Enter Malta, the nation credited with reclaiming the music industry from obscurity.

Over a century since the implementation of the Harrison’s Narcotics Act, many are still perplexed why cannabis was made illegal in the first place.