"For people older than me and people younger me, [the documentary] gives them a chance to know who we are as human beings,'' Griffin said. "A lot of people have the perception of hip-hop artists being ...

The iconic rapper from the West coast just previewed a historic film about California’s early age rap scene. The foundation of the film brings it back to when a new genre of hip-hip was created by the ...

Over the last two decades, the demarcation lines between hip-hop and R&B have become blurred as the two genres have cross-pollinated through the use of samples, the proliferation of remixes and the ...

The Long Beach crew was associated with Warren G. By Gil Kaufman C-Knight, a founding member of Long Beach G-funk rap crew Dove Shack, has died at age 52. The news was confirmed by TMZ on Tuesday (Nov ...

Billboard was able to sit down with Warren G to discuss his YouTube Originals documentary, G-Funk, and his influence on rap. By Marcel Friday When you think of the pioneers of West Coast rap, there ...

There was something special brewing in Los Angeles around the tail end of the 1980s. In the wake of N.W.A.'s classic Straight Outta Compton album, young creatives began stretching and reshaping ...

Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated ...

The year Nate Dogg stood accused of robbing our favorite Taco Bell, he signed a Bible for my little brother. It was a very strange time. We grew up in San Pedro, across the Vincent Thomas Bridge from ...

Rapper Warren G, whose hits include “Regulate” and a hip-hop remake of “I Shot the Sheriff,” was arrested in Hollywood on Sunday on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to sell, police ...

C-Knight, a founding member of Long Beach G-funk rap crew Dove Shack, has died at age 52. The news was confirmed by TMZ on Tuesday (Nov. 7), when a member of the rapper’s family reportedly told the ...