KQED

‘It’s Pure Energy’: How Hyphy Came to Define Bay Area Hip-Hop

When it comes to cultural exports of the Bay Area, hyphy is in a league of its own. The subgenre of hip-hop has an up-tempo, hyperactive beat that makes you want to dance. In the early 2000s, artists ...

Yukmouth Blasts Bay Area for Embracing Drake's “2 Hard 4 The Radio”

The Bay Area rap veteran questioned why Drake's Mac Dre-inspired track has been embraced by local fans, arguing that the ...
SFGate

Honoring Traxamillion, The San Jose-Raised Producer Of The Hyphy Hip-Hop Generation

I can't remember the first time I heard a Traxamillion song, but I always knew when it was his. My fellow Bay Area natives agree; for homegrown '90s babies, it seems like he was always there, pumping ...
KSAT

E-40 and Too $hort to bring Bay Area hip-hop to NFL Honors stage

Rappers Too Short, left, and E-40 speak during a Bay Area Host Committee news conference for the NFL Super Bowl football game in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 ...
Complex on MSN

Yukmouth says Bay Area shouldn't accept Drake's "2 Hard 4 the Radio"

The Bay Area rap veteran questioned why Drake's Mac Dre-inspired track has been embraced by local fans, arguing that the ...
AOL

E-40 and Too $hort to bring Bay Area hip-hop to NFL Honors stage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rap legends E-40 and Too $hort will bring Bay Area hip-hop flavor to the NFL Honors stage, performing during the league’s annual awards show ...