Trunk Boiz' epic return, Larry June's smooth cruising, an Avengers-style rap supergroup: Local hip-hop remains unstoppable ...

T.O.Y.S., which stands for “Tired of Your Shit,” aims to provide a consistent headquarters of sorts for any local rappers or ...

The Oakland-based org is described as a “cultural repository for Bay Area Hip Hop artists, activists and educators who’ve made a 20 year or more significant contribution to the community and world via ...

The local rap community is reeling from last night’s fatal shooting of Pittsburg, CA rapper The Jacka, who was shot in the head and killed at 94th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. He was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drake enlisted the help of Bay Area musicians P-Lo and Karri for his new album "Iceman." (Simone Joyner/Getty Images) Drake's big ...

Today, we celebrate the birthday of one of Hip Hop’s true pioneers and West Coast legends — Too $hort, born Todd Anthony Shaw on this date in 1966. Too $hort’s ...

The Bay Area is home to some of the most interesting rap music in hip-hop history. Hyphy music is deliriously fast and bass-heavy with weird, colorful synths. The underground scene can vary anywhere ...

Long before he earned the nickname "Bionic" for his fast, powerful dance moves, Jonathan Bayani was just a middle school kid with a bike, a pocket full of quarters, and an obsession with martial arts ...

Though the Bay's vibrant rap community lit the fuse on many of the stars, styles and innovations that have blown up across the map, the region... As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip ...

In the ’90s, Hip-Hop music really began to take over the music industry, even though it was still dismissed by some older generations as “noise” and “not real music.” However, not everyone in the ...

Today, we celebrate the 60th birthday of one of Hip Hop’s true pioneers and West Coast legends; Too $hort, born Todd Anthony Shaw on this date in 1966. Too $hort ...