Mistah F.A.B.

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Mistah F.A.B. Immortalizes Trayvon Martin in "God Don't Love Me"

Oakland's Mistah F.A.B. is one of a few rappers around the nation who have released songs about the death of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Empathy has always been one of F.A.B.'s strongest suits, lyrically speaking, and it's clear from "God Don't Love me" that this incident hits close to hom ... More >>

Watch: Drake Drives Through San Francisco and Oakland in 'The Motto'

Young MoneyDrake pals around with E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. in "The Motto."​Canadian rapper/pop star Drake just dropped the video for his single "The Motto," featuring labelmates Lil Wayne and Tyga. It's the third single from Drake's second album, Take Care, which debuted at No. 1 last month with ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Young MoneyDrake pals around with E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. in "The Motto."​Canadian rapper/pop star Drake just dropped the video for his single "The Motto," featuring labelmates Lil Wayne and Tyga. It's the third single from Drake's second album, Take Care, which debuted at No. 1 last month with ... More >>

Music Links: Drake and Weezy in the Bay, Loud Talkers at Concerts, and More

Drake hangin' with Mistah FAB on the set of his video shoot in Oakland. Photo via SoulCulture.​ So, Drake and Lil Wayne were in the Bay Area last weekend, shooting a video for "The Motto." [East Bay Express] A worthy screed about awful loud talkers during a Weakerthans show at the Independent ... More >>

Mistah F.A.B. Jumps on Song With East Coast MCs, Declares Himself "Probably The Greatest"

57thave.com​Fresh off of a bit of East Coast buzz for executing a logic-defying freestyle/self-interview on MTV's RapFix Live, Oakland's Mistah F.A.B. released "Probably The Greatest," a collaboration with veteran New York rappers Jadakiss and N.O.R.E. that will be on his next mixtape, I Found ... More >>

All Shook Down: Battlehooch Tells Us to Do Weird Things, Plus Con Brio and Richie Cunning

Joseph SchellBattlehooch's Pat Smith unleashes the fury at All Shook Down.​SF Weekly's All Shook Down Fest: Battlehooch, Richie Cunning, and Con Brio August 6, 2011 Regency Ballroom [See Part II of our ASD Fest roundup, featuring Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., and more] Better than: A compan ... More >>

All Shook Down: Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., and Maus Haus Rile up the Regency

Joseph SchellCrystal Castles at the All Shook Down Music Fest​ SF Weekly's All Shook Down Fest featuring Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., Maus Haus, and more August 6, 2011 Regency Ballroom [See Part I of our ASD Fest roundup, featuring Battlehooch, Richie Cunning, and Con Brio] Better than: Y ... More >>

Reminder/OMFG: The All Shook Down Music Fest Is Tomorrow

​Since you've been living under a rock (or maybe you just bought a Pet Rock and think it's really distractingly cool), we wish to remind you that tomorrow night is SF Weekly's All Shook Down Music Fest at the Regency Ballroom. It's not too late to snag a ticket and catch some great entertainme ... More >>

Insurgent Hip-Hop: Kreayshawn, Lil B, and Bay Area Rappers Throw Out the Rules

​Since you've been living under a rock (or maybe you just bought a Pet Rock and think it's really distractingly cool), we wish to remind you that tomorrow night is SF Weekly's All Shook Down Music Fest at the Regency Ballroom. It's not too late to snag a ticket and catch some great entertainme ... More >>

All Shook Down Isn't Your Average Music Fest

​Since you've been living under a rock (or maybe you just bought a Pet Rock and think it's really distractingly cool), we wish to remind you that tomorrow night is SF Weekly's All Shook Down Music Fest at the Regency Ballroom. It's not too late to snag a ticket and catch some great entertainme ... More >>

All Shook Down Music Fest: Download Our Free Pre-Party Mini-Mix

​ Our All Shook Down Music Fest is coming up quickly -- it's this Saturday at the Regency Ballroom, in case you haven't gotten tickets yet. We're sure you're as excited as we are to see Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., Maus Haus, and more. But just to send your anticipation to even greater hei ... More >>

Mistah Fab, T-Pain, and the Cataracs Conspire for a Pop Breakthrough with "City Lights"

T-Pain and Mistah Fab​Here's another maverick move from Oakland's Mistah Fab. It's called "City Nights," and it's a radio-friendly pop rave up featuring the Auto-Tuned likes of T-Pain and production by the Cataracs (whom you may know from last summer's "Like a G6"). Here Fab ditches the two ... More >>

Watch Mistah F.A.B.'s Serious New Video for "Ups and Downs"

​Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B. exclusively debuted a new song and video yesterday on World Star Hip Hop. According to the counter on the popular urban site, "Ups and Downs" garnered more than 1.5 million views before the end of the day. Over a bed of haunting minor-key chords, F.A.B. recounts ... More >>

All Shook Down Music Fest: Featuring Oakland Rapper Mistah Fab

The yellow bus rider, man​Hyphy is dead, sure -- but Mistah Fab is very much alive. The Oakland rapper, provocateur, former hyphy spokesman, and wordsmith has had quite the year so far, dropping two street albums, wowing an SXSW audience (and others) with his freestyles, and maintaining a Tw ... More >>

Mistah Fab Has a New Mixtape: "The Grind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Pt. 2"

​Right in time for, uh, Cinco De Mayo, Oakland rapper Mistah Fab and DJ Scream yesterday dropped a new mixtape: The Grind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Pt. 2, the follow up to 2009's Part 1. It's been a busy year for Fab so far, with the release in January of the very solid mixtape ... More >>

Music Links: Mistah Fab in SoCal, Creepy New Soft Moon Video, and More

Bay Area rappers Lil B, Mistah FAB, others wow crowds in SoCal. [The Bay Citizen]Watch a spooky new video from the Soft Moon for "Into the Depths." [The Bay Bridged]

Sizzle & Fizzle: The Best and Worst Shows from a Week at SXSW

Bay Area rappers Lil B, Mistah FAB, others wow crowds in SoCal. [The Bay Citizen]Watch a spooky new video from the Soft Moon for "Into the Depths." [The Bay Bridged]

SXSW Day 2: Mistah Fab Remembers Nate Dogg, Freestyles About Water Bottles

Mistah Fab in Austin yesterday.​Perhaps 25 people were in the room yesterday afternoon when Oakland rapper Mistah Fab and his DJ started playing inside the Austin Convention Center. That number grew eventually, but Fab blazed from the start, in a set that felt like half spoken-word lecture and hal ... More >>

Mistah F.A.B. on Today's New Album and the Return of Music for Regular People

Mistah F.A.B.: "I'm tired of dealing with negativity."​Today Bay Area rap veteran Mistah F.A.B. is releasing a street album comprised of all original songs entitled I Found My Backpack. Headed up by the soulful, self-motivating single "Quest," the project sees the one-time hyphy talisman ... More >>

Hear Mistah Fab Attempt to Explain Why Hyphy Died

Diwang ValdezMistah Fab​Back in the mid-aughts, hyphy -- a Bay Area rap movement probably best known for its lines about "going dumb," and its proponents' fondness for standing atop slow-moving cars -- was poised to become the Next Big Thing. Bay Area rappers like Mistah Fab, Keak Da Sneak, and E- ... More >>

Oakland's Mistah Fab: 'My City Needs Me'

He's still mad at Al Davis​It's been a dark year for Oakland hip-hop -- at least judging from the videos. The latest in a string of WTF-is-going-on-in-this-town rhymes comes from none other than the former prince of hyphy, Mistah Fab. Over dramatic strings and a stuttering beat, his "My City Needs ... More >>

Can new Bay Area rappers step out of hyphy's shadow?

He's still mad at Al Davis​It's been a dark year for Oakland hip-hop -- at least judging from the videos. The latest in a string of WTF-is-going-on-in-this-town rhymes comes from none other than the former prince of hyphy, Mistah Fab. Over dramatic strings and a stuttering beat, his "My City Needs ... More >>

All Shook Down: SF Weekly's music fest is unlike any other this summer

He's still mad at Al Davis​It's been a dark year for Oakland hip-hop -- at least judging from the videos. The latest in a string of WTF-is-going-on-in-this-town rhymes comes from none other than the former prince of hyphy, Mistah Fab. Over dramatic strings and a stuttering beat, his "My City Needs ... More >>

Mistah FAB & DJ Spair's 'Hella Dope' Take On Local/Low-Brow Culture Might Offend You

​Question: What do the Golden State Warriors, Stewie Griffin from the TV show Family Guy, Donkey Kong, Mims' "This is Why I'm Hot," and rather offensive charicatures of drunk Mexicans have in common?(Answer after the jump...)

SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

​Question: What do the Golden State Warriors, Stewie Griffin from the TV show Family Guy, Donkey Kong, Mims' "This is Why I'm Hot," and rather offensive charicatures of drunk Mexicans have in common?(Answer after the jump...)

How the Grouch Stole Christmas

​Question: What do the Golden State Warriors, Stewie Griffin from the TV show Family Guy, Donkey Kong, Mims' "This is Why I'm Hot," and rather offensive charicatures of drunk Mexicans have in common?(Answer after the jump...)

Video of the Day: Paris Takes on the Health Care Debate

This video isn't big on the visuals side, but I like the fact that Bay Area rappers are so quick to respond to current events and social memes (see Kev Choice's "The Bridge"; Mistah F.A.B.'s "Hit Me on Twitter"). Davey D's Hip Hop Corner highlighted local rapper Paris' new clip for "Side Effect," w ... More >>

F.N.M At We All We Got Tonight

www.OneShotMediaProductions.comHe'll Slapp You: Traxxamillion​​ South Bay producer Traxamillion was arguably as big a force in the hyphy movement as any artist. His hot-shit beats backed everyone from Keak Da Sneak to Mistah F.A.B. to Dem Hoodstarz to Too $hort to 41Fever. He even produced MC L ... More >>

Dead Prez Boots Riley Tonight @Black Dot

EKAphotographyRBGz at YBG: dead prez @G4G's solar-powered concert​ Outside Lands, Shmoutside Lands. The hundreds of folks who came out to Yerba Buena Gardens to see dead prez and Mistah F.A.B. perform for free yesterday may have gotten a better deal than the tens of thousands who shelled out $90 ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

Rob KarlicNobunny​We apologize in advance but this week the descriptions are gonna go fast. We're as short on time as we are on money.Drive-In Movie @ Secret Location !7th & Folsom (Friday)Mobile Movie is hosting another guerrilla drive-in adventure tonight. They're planning to show the Will F ... More >>

Rafael Casal and Mistah F.A.B. give props to modern Yay Area communication

Rob KarlicNobunny​We apologize in advance but this week the descriptions are gonna go fast. We're as short on time as we are on money.Drive-In Movie @ Secret Location !7th & Folsom (Friday)Mobile Movie is hosting another guerrilla drive-in adventure tonight. They're planning to show the Will F ... More >>

The Jacka reprises hyphy with a gangsta twist

Rob KarlicNobunny​We apologize in advance but this week the descriptions are gonna go fast. We're as short on time as we are on money.Drive-In Movie @ Secret Location !7th & Folsom (Friday)Mobile Movie is hosting another guerrilla drive-in adventure tonight. They're planning to show the Will F ... More >>

Mistah F.A.B. Survives Car Crash

EKAphotographyMistah F.A.B.Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B., who was involved in an automobile accident early Friday morning. According to a press release, F.A.B., his manager Stetch, and DJ Tito Bell were driving down to L.A. when their car hit a patch of wet road, hy ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Mistah F.A.B.

EKAphotographyMistah F.A.B.Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B., who was involved in an automobile accident early Friday morning. According to a press release, F.A.B., his manager Stetch, and DJ Tito Bell were driving down to L.A. when their car hit a patch of wet road, hy ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Mistah F.A.B.

EKAphotographyMistah F.A.B.Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B., who was involved in an automobile accident early Friday morning. According to a press release, F.A.B., his manager Stetch, and DJ Tito Bell were driving down to L.A. when their car hit a patch of wet road, hy ... More >>

Goapele, Mistah F.A.B. Schedule Performances at SF Apple Store

EKAphotographyMistah F.A.B.Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B., who was involved in an automobile accident early Friday morning. According to a press release, F.A.B., his manager Stetch, and DJ Tito Bell were driving down to L.A. when their car hit a patch of wet road, hy ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Brings West Fest to the Fillmore

EKAphotographyMistah F.A.B.Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B., who was involved in an automobile accident early Friday morning. According to a press release, F.A.B., his manager Stetch, and DJ Tito Bell were driving down to L.A. when their car hit a patch of wet road, hy ... More >>

The Demise of Hyphy

Thizzle, bling, and blunts may have helped bring down the overhyped hyphy movement. But KMEL pulled the trigger.

Major-Label Misfit: Mistah F.A.B.

Thizzle, bling, and blunts may have helped bring down the overhyped hyphy movement. But KMEL pulled the trigger.

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