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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gabrielle Elyse Oberes Padre, who goes by the moniker GEO, dials in her harp during soundcheck at the Foundry in San Francisco on ...

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 ...

LaRussell, the Vallejo rapper whose backyard concerts attract fans from thousands of miles away, will play a major Super Bowl show. On Wednesday morning, the NFL announced that the rapper would open ...

Bay Area Rapper LaRussell has teamed up with local high schoolers to showcase his regional anthem “I’m From The Bay,” releasing a set of music videos during the past week and as recently as this ...

Kamaiyah has stepped up to defend Drake against a claim that he doesn't give props to Bay Area rap. Although Drizzy has ...

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. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Rappers Too ...