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

Vallejo rapper LaRussell is facing mounting criticism over the lyrics of his latest song, which deemed individuals such as ...

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 ...

Rapper Kamaiyah celebrated the anniversary of her breakthrough mixtape Saturday by turning Oakland's Fox Theater into a hometown party with featured performances from local hip hop artists like E-40 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bay Area hip-hop icon E-40 made a show-stopping appearance at the NFL Honors, delivering a high-energy performance of his hit ...

Moments earlier, Too $hort transformed the same stage into a Bay Area time capsule, running through anthems like “Gettin' It” and “Blow the Whistle” that have ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — E-40 turned NFL Honors into a hyphy detour, firing off Bay Area slang that helped shape a generation as actor Tiffany Haddish and Carolina Panthers rookie Tetairoa McMillan danced ...