Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Behind decades of influence, Dr. Dre’s sound helped redefine how hip-hop moves, breathes, and reaches the world. Tracing the moments that shaped that legacy reveals more than hits, it uncovers the ...

(The Root) — From Snoop Dogg and Ice-T to Tupac and Eazy-E, West Coast rappers have made an undeniable impact on hip-hop. Photographer Michael Miller was there during their heyday in the 1990s to ...

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 ...

Ice Cube: "Too $hort is simply great. He still got one of of the purest rap styles of early rap. And he still uses it to this day and it still works. I used to trip ...

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 ...

ICYMI, there’s another rap feud going on, at least on wax. Amid lyrical tensions between Joey Bada$$ and several West Coast voices, New Orleans rapper and activist Dee-1 is stepping in with a message ...

Snoop Dogg fondly recalls passing the crown of West Coast rap to Kendrick Lamar. Around the 30-second mark of the video below, Snoop explained that Game was "carrying the torch" at the time and thus ...

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 ...

Rapper Chanel West Coast has gone country, but she's not leaving her hip-hop roots behind ... she told us her new song "Giddy Up" is a perfect blend of both genres -- and her best track yet!

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