Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fans as well as members of the West Coast hip-hop community are in mourning due to the loss of DJ Mike T, a founding member of the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles has always been more than just palm trees and Hollywood glitz — it’s the heartbeat of West Coast Hip Hop. The city’s ...

This conversation, in partnership with LAist, took place before a live audience at the Crawford, LAist’s live event venue in Pasadena, California. The 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Born in the Bronx, ...

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The stadium is empty and full at once, devoid of fans, flush with history. On a sunny day, two pioneers of West Coast hip-hop stand in a barren Los Angeles Coliseum, the home of the Los Angeles ...

For a few minutes on Sunday evening, the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans was teleported 1,895 miles away to the city of Compton, Calif. Kendrick Lamar, the first solo rapper to headline the NFL Super ...

(The Root) — From Snoop Dogg and Ice-T to Tupac and Eazy-E, West Coast rappers have made an undeniable impact on hip-hop. Photographer Michael Miller was there during their heyday in the 1990s to ...

His passing was confirmed by a fellow group member and longtime collaborator, who turned to Instagram to break the devastating news.