Hosted by Branden LSK, the series delves into how the vibrant, exciting genre, that exploded onto the Hip-Hop scene in the 2000s. The Bay Area birthed the unique sound that transformed the Hip-Hop ...

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When I first heard the word hyphy, I thought it might be a new word game like Scrabble or Boggle. Maybe the latest puzzle craze, like Sudoku. But words and numbers are not trivial in the world of ...

Who needs a hyphy movement when you have the Jacka? The Pittsburg turf rapper is a one-man phenomenon. Though independent, he has as much street cred as any major-label rap artist. Maybe even more.

In 2006, when E-40's “Tell Me When to Go” was focusing the nation's attention on the Bay Area's hyphy scene, Roach Gigz was in his final year at Leadership High School in San Francisco. He spent his ...

NBA star Stephen Curry is among the producers of an upcoming documentary focusing on the late Bay Area rapper and hyphy pioneer Mac Dre. Curry, a member of the Golden Star Warriors (formerly of Mac ...

On Monday, the hyphy movement had a brief moment of national celebration when E-40 played a set for Tiny Desk Concerts, NPR’s popular YouTube concert series. Backed by a full band, the rapper ran ...

he year 2006 was a wild one in the Bay Area, especially if, like me, you were into hip-hop. The scene was dominated by the hyphy movement, a youth culture driven by uptempo music, oversized airbrushed ...

It’s easy to guess why TVT would start pushing Oakland’s hyphy style after the label’s success with Southern crunk—both styles share big synth lines, thudding stripper-friendly beats, and a general ig ...