Cypress Hill brought their legendary West Coast rap status to NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts on Thursday (July 20). In time for the 30th anniversary of their sophomore album Black Sunday, group members ...

Unlike its New York origin story, no one can really say exactly when hip-hop hit the West Coast. But when it did, Alonzo Williams was there. Known as the “godfather” of West Coast hip-hop, Williams ...

Los Angeles has always been more than just palm trees and Hollywood glitz — it’s the heartbeat of West Coast Hip Hop. The ...

When people think of West Coast hip-hop, they tend to refer to the Los Angeles rap scene. However, if you travel up California state a few hundred miles, you'll notice that the Bay Area has always had ...

Bootie Brown, Imani, Fatlip, and Slimkid3—were spending most of their time in Inglewood, California, at South Central Unit ...

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think of West Coast rap, I think of palm trees swaying, lowriders cruising, and that unmistakable G-funk groove riding underneath it all. And right in the heart of that sound?

Havoc, 51, was born Kejuan Muchita and raised in New York. His partner in Mobb Deep, rapper Albert “Prodigy” Johnson, died in ...

Kendrick Lamar put the entirety of the greater Los Angeles area on his back with the track “Not Like Us” which was largely a diss of Drake and also a call for West Coast unity. Leading this charge, ...

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DJ Akademiks has ignited a contentious discussion about West Coast hip-hop, challenging the region’s musical influence through provocative comments during a recent livestream. The controversial ...