If you lived in Oakland three years ago and didn't spend all your time barricaded in Rockridge or Montclair, the chances are good that you ran into a rap group called the Team. Standing by their car ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. – It's been nearly 20 years since E-40 (Earl Stevens) first started slinging slang and selling his independent albums out of his car trunk throughout the Bay Area. The 38-year-old ...

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A Bay Area rap group has started a full-fledged campaign for a new Hyphy Juice Energy Drink, a beverage based on the popular cultural movement in the region. The drink is the brainchild of an Oakland ...

It's just now getting national attention. The godfather of hyphy, the rapper E40, has an album in Billboard's Top 100. As Youth Radio's Tapan Munshi explains that hyphy is defined by its fast pace and ...

East Oakland, Calif. — IN the early morning hours most weekends, finding hyphy isn’t difficult, it’s just a matter of knowing what to look for. Pull off Interstate 580 near the San Leandro line and ...

Just more than a year ago, the Bay Area seemed poised to become the center of the hip-hop universe. The hyperactive party music known as “hyphy” was ubiquitous at clubs, on the streets and on local ...

Keak da Sneak, the Oakland rap icon who made “hyphy” a household name in the Bay Area, was released from prison this week after serving five months for a gun-possession charge in Amador County, ...