On this day in 1993, Bay Area rap legend Spice 1 released his second studio album 187 He Wrote on Jive Records, further ...
Los Angeles has always been more than just palm trees and Hollywood glitz — it’s the heartbeat of West Coast Hip Hop. The city’s rap scene introduced the world to g-funk, gangsta rap and artists who ...
A familiar rap character, the Cali hustler cruising in a low-rider, has faded in the 21st century. On new albums by G Perico, Mozzy and Gangrene,... When Ice Cube talks about "gangsta rap," he is ...
The highlight of this year's Paris Olympics was a 53-year-old rapper from Long Beach. Snoop Dogg — out on assignment as an NBC commentator — carried the Olympic torch through the suburb of Saint-Denis ...
Unlike friend and fellow Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate Kendrick Lamar, whose style is thought-provoking street poetry, ScHoolboy Q raps with a gritty edge that may not be for everybody. With his ...
Trailblazing rapper Boss, who brought West Coast gangsta rap fervor to the Def Jam Recordings roster in the early 1990s, has died. No cause of death has been revealed. She was 54. News of the Detroit ...
For better or for worse, Gangsta rap has always been one of the most beloved and popular sub-genres in hip-hop for the past three decades. The artists involved have been super polarizing for better ...
On G Perico's new album, G Slim's Revenge, a certain rap archetype that has faded since its '90s ubiquity appears to be alive and well. Perico practices a very particular street ethic: Everyone who ...
When Ice Cube talks about "gangsta rap," he is usually distancing himself from the phrase, describing it as a label he was erroneously given by the press and the public. Perhaps he draws that line ...
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