When it comes to cultural exports of the Bay Area, hyphy is in a league of its own. The subgenre of hip-hop has an up-tempo, hyperactive beat that makes you want to dance. In the early 2000s, artists ...

When people think of West Coast hip-hop, they tend to refer to the Los Angeles rap scene. However, if you travel up California state a few hundred miles, you'll notice that the Bay Area has always had ...

October 25, 2022 marks the third anniversary of the launch of the Rightnowish podcast! First formed as a radio show in early 2019, Rightnowish, the podcast launched in late October of the same year.

The last time Lolo Zouaï made an album, she was “super-hardcore dreaming” from behind the host stand during her shifts at Bareburger in New York City. She wanted a future when she could fully focus on ...

G Funk crowned Dr. Dre. Crunk made a household name out of Lil Jon. The hardcore Hip-Hop movement resurrected DJ Premier. Whenever a subgenre blows up, there s usually one producer that gets pointed ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Bay Area music producer is being remembered as a powerhouse responsible for a cultural movement known as hyphy. Traxamillion, aka, Sultan Banks, died Sunday of cancer at an aunt's ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A documentary that takes a look back at the rise of a remarkable hip-hop subculture in the Bay Area two decades ago, the new film "We Were Hyphy" is set to be screened as ...

"Let me tell you a story, about a movement that almost was ..." It only takes a few seconds. The first throb of bass, the palpitations of the 808s, the bars spoken through gold teeth. From the ears, ...

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- A Bay Area hip-hop mainstay who was a major producer behind the "hyphy movement" during the 2000s, San Jose beatmaker Traxamillion has died at age 43, according to social media ...

Laurence Madrigal’s debut documentary originated as a passion project that was envisioned as a 15-minute ode to a music scene he was drawn to. The focus was on the hyphy movement that emerged out of ...

San Jose hip-hop artist Traxamillion, whose memorable beats greatly helped popularize the Bay Area’s hyphy movement of the early 2000s, has died The acclaimed producer, who was born Sultan Banks on ...