At age 62, Doug Rasheed has enough self-awareness to know how his accomplishments in the music industry might be perceived by consumers of today’s most popular artists and songs. So when younger ...

American rapper Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) arrives at Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards 2015 held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 6, 2015 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo ...

Before he was Coolio, Artis Leon Ivey Jr. was just a kid growing up in Compton and South Central Los Angeles, at a time when middle class hope gave way to something very different. “Compton was ...

Tupac's friends may have redefined the meaning of a bizarre send-off, at least that is what Suge Knight will have his fans believe. The former Death Row Records boss disclosed that the rapper's close ...

Bay Area rap legend Too Short recently opened up about meeting fellow icon Tupac Shakur after his move to Oakland, Calif. in the early 1990s, saying he actually avoided the budding rap star for ‘Pac’s ...