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 ...

Kendrick Lamar's sweep at the 2025 Grammys — winning five of the five categories that his 2024 song "Not Like Us" was nominated in — capped a triumphant year for the rapper, who managed to make a ...

*West Coast rap icon Warren G, born Warren Griffin III, has teamed up with YouTube Premium for his new documentary, “G-Funk: The Untold Story of Warren G” (#GfunkDoc). The film traces the early ...

Rest In Peace To Tim “Styles” Sanchez! The West Coast journalist had an amazing legacy of giving back. Chuck “Jigsaw” discusses his contributions to the culture. Rest in Peace to Tim Sanchez, fondly ...

The "Blow the Whistle" rapper is trading packed arenas for the small but scrappy stage of Yoshi's for a six-show residency at ...

The West Coast OGs are showing each other love, with Snoop Dogg and Ice-T exchanging praise for their stellar careers in Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop icons Snoop Dogg and Ice-T are celebrating each other as the ...

Producer Mustard confronted OVO collaborator Boi-1da over contradictory statements about West Coast rap, revealing private messages praising Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” despite public criticism of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the investigation into ...

As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West Coast rap ...