2010 has been a pretty good year for Bay Area hip-hop, if only because it saw the next generation of local rappers come into…
Behind the “abrasive, frightening introduction” to Oneohtrix Point Never's new album, Returnal, lies another bewildering set of tracks from a Brooklyn electronic artist whose…
On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out…
Richie Rich's credentials as a Bay Area rap pioneer are surpassed by perhaps only Too $hort. When Rich hit the scene back in…
Get the new album from The Blank Tapes for free, and see 'em at four shows this weekend. [The Bay Bridged] Eighties babies will…
By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets…
By Tamara Palmer Rap star Nelly has some very public love affairs. He loves to make and sell millions of records, he loves him…
Apparently, E-40 can't stand what's bubble-latin' with 50 Cent's Vitamin Water, because he's releasing his own alternative — 40 Water, mang! Shake them dreads:…
