View the full episode transcript. This episode contains explicit language. Hip-hop turns 50 years old today, and it’s no secret that the Bay Area gets overlooked. Today, Eric Arnold and Nastia ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click ...

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

Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, KQED’s year-long exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history, with new content dropping all throughout 2023. “Picture me on a tour bus in 1995 with a ...

The Oakland-based org is described as a “cultural repository for Bay Area Hip Hop artists, activists and educators who’ve made a 20 year or more significant contribution to the community and world via ...

E-40 is in the midst of a busy New York City press junket. He’s in a private room at the restaurant Sei Less in Manhattan, calmly having a sip of red wine with his wife. The serial entrepreneur would ...

Bay Area Hip-Hop artist Jahi, his company Microphone Mechanics and The African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO) have established the first Bay Area Hip Hop Archives at the AAMLO. Bay ...

Though the Bay's vibrant rap community lit the fuse on many of the stars, styles and innovations that have blown up across the map, the region... As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip ...