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Notorious B.I.G.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2012

    Cochella on 420: Meet the Most Stoned Festivalgoers

    See also: *The Best of Coachella: Friday, April 20 *Our Complete Coachella Coverage Friday was 4/20. It was also Coachella. And so, the percentage of festival-goers who were stoned rose from a paltry 75 percent to a full 98 percent. (These estimates come courtesy of LA Weekly music editor Ben West ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Stretch Armstrong on the Demise of FM Radio and the Inanity of Celebrity DJs

    One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launch the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Top Five Reasons P. Diddy Is Hilarious Now

    ​Earlier this week, Rolling Stone our colleagues at L.A. Weekly reported that an ex-LAPD detective has implicated Sean Combs in Tupac's murder. Greg Kading apparently asserts in a new book that Suge Knight and Puffy ordered the murders of Biggie Smalls and Tupac, respectively, and that h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    KBLX Brings a Not So Quiet Storm to Sleep Train Pavilion

    Charlie Wilson and his winged angel dancers.​KBLX Stone Soul Concert Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ Sleep Train Pavilion Better than: Not hollering and dancing for nine hours KBLX 102.9 FM has long been known as the "Quiet Storm," but until we attended the Stone Soul Concert on Sunday, we had no ide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Friday Night: Diddy Dirty Money Holds Court for Three Hours, Brings Out Lil B at the Warfield

    Richard HaickP. Diddy at the Warfield Friday night.​ Diddy Dirty Money Tour May 6, 2011 The Warfield Better than: Not getting to study the science of weave-ology on a Friday night. "I thought I told you that we won't stop!" Friday night at the Warfield, Sean "Diddy" Combs, the artist former ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    R.I.P. Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop's Greatest Purveyor of Hooks and Choruses (With Bonus Videos!)

    Nate Dogg R.I.P.​ If you came of age between 1995 and 2005, it's hard to imagine you're unfamiliar with the late, great Nate Dogg (government name Nathaniel Hale), who passed away yesterday at the age of 41 after struggling with strokes suffered in 2007 and 2008. In his prime, he cornered the mar ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2010

    Michael Jackson, Zombie

    The dark art of posthumous releases

  • Dining

    September 8, 2010

    Mission Chinese Food offers a Matrix mind-twister of a meal

    The dark art of posthumous releases

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Why The Critics Are Wrong: Rap Albums You Probably Don't Know But Should, Part II

    ​Since many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. Here's an alternative to the critical consensus on rap. Yesterday, we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Ten Known (and Little-Known) Facts About Tupac

    Thug Immortal: Tupac Shakur 10. Pac was born June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, NYC. He also lived in Baltimore, Marin City, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. 9. The name Tupac Amaru is a reference to the last indigenous Inca ruler of Peru, who died in 1572. Amaru's name was later adopted by Tupac A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Tupac's Mama Sues Hollywood Production Company

    Boy in da Corner: TupacYesterday, the Hollywood Reporter announced the latest development in the ongoing fight over the rights to a major motion picture biography of the late Tupac Shakur: Amaru Entertainment and Shakur's mom Afeni Shakur are suing Morgan Hill entertainment for what basically amount ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2008

    Friday Night: Chuck Norris Party at Milk Bar

    Boy in da Corner: TupacYesterday, the Hollywood Reporter announced the latest development in the ongoing fight over the rights to a major motion picture biography of the late Tupac Shakur: Amaru Entertainment and Shakur's mom Afeni Shakur are suing Morgan Hill entertainment for what basically amount ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Pro-Circumcision AIDS Researcher Left S.F. a Pariah, Came Back a Visionary

    Boy in da Corner: TupacYesterday, the Hollywood Reporter announced the latest development in the ongoing fight over the rights to a major motion picture biography of the late Tupac Shakur: Amaru Entertainment and Shakur's mom Afeni Shakur are suing Morgan Hill entertainment for what basically amount ... More >>

  • News

    October 3, 2007

    Maimed Brothers Flee San Francisco Violence

    Boy in da Corner: TupacYesterday, the Hollywood Reporter announced the latest development in the ongoing fight over the rights to a major motion picture biography of the late Tupac Shakur: Amaru Entertainment and Shakur's mom Afeni Shakur are suing Morgan Hill entertainment for what basically amount ... More >>

  • Music

    September 5, 2007

    From Oakland Blues to Big Singles

    Keyshia Cole could shine in the spotlight this fall

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

    Forget caroling. Here are a few hip hop jammy-jams to warm your yule log.

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Wall Street Playaz

    JT the Bigga Figga has turned years of street hustlin' experience into one of the most inspiring new local hip hop labels

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    Schizophonic Illness

    Motion Man wants to be rap's mad clown prince

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    California Loved

    Roger Troutman and his family brought funk to West Coast hip hop and influenced everyone from Ice Cube to Tupac Shakur. Then his older brother put four bullets in him.

  • Film

    May 15, 2002

    Persistent Visions

    This season's cinema demands attention

  • Music

    June 28, 2000

    Personality Crisis

    As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    Last Dance

    Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  • Music

    October 7, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  • Music

    June 3, 1998

    Reviews

    Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  • Music

    April 29, 1998

    Nuthin' But a She Thing

    Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  • Music

    April 29, 1998

    Reviews

    Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  • Music

    February 11, 1998

    Reviews

    Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  • Music

    January 7, 1998

    Ball Hog

    Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  • Music

    December 31, 1997

    Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    August 6, 1997

    Reviews

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    April 10, 1996

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    November 15, 1995

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

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