The planet is controlled by mega-corporations. They leach the Earth of its natural resources, turning swaths of once-fertile land into uninhabitable desert. They control the news and manipulate public ...

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 ...

Sonic fingerprints of Visitacion Valley, Oakland, and the Fillmore audible in album's hard trap and smooth R&B.

The Bay Area supergroup 1 Umbrella — featuring ALLBLACK, Lil Bean, 22nd Jim, ZayBang, and Lil Yee — is making waves with the release of their official music video for “Off Top.” The track features ...

Andy Kawanami and Chuy Gomez (left to right) hosted ‘Hip Hop Friday’ on the California Music Channel in the ’90s. The channel became a crucial outlet for Bay Area rappers on their way to national ...

LaRussell, the Vallejo rapper whose backyard concerts attract fans from thousands of miles away, will play a major Super Bowl show. On Wednesday morning, the NFL announced that the rapper would open ...

(KRON) — Bay Area rap icon Too Short has been announced as the halftime entertainment for the Oakland Roots Soccer Club’s home opener next month. The Roots will play their 2025 season opener on ...

For the first time since the great hyphy explosion of the mid-2000s, Bay Area rap can claim a new figurehead — a centripetal artist with an energizing signature sound. That artist is Trackademicks, a ...