Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles has always been more than just palm trees and Hollywood glitz — it’s the heartbeat of West Coast Hip Hop. The city’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snoop poses for a portrait ahead of his new album, "Missionary," on Monday. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) The highlight of this ...

A familiar rap character, the Cali hustler cruising in a low-rider, has faded in the 21st century. On new albums by G Perico, Mozzy and Gangrene,... When Ice Cube talks about "gangsta rap," he is ...

Snoop Dogg may be in the house for "The Hard Way," but it's Warren G's house. The long-awaited official debut from the super group glides along with Dogg's mellow lyricism and Nate Dogg's soulful ...

The Game, Dr. Dre’s latest discovery, arrives on the hip-hop scene this fall with a resume as scary as anything from “thug life” rappers Tupac Shakur and 50 Cent, who were shot more than a dozen times ...

A lineup of legendary West Coast hip-hop artists will perform at the Iowa Event Center for the “Kings of the West” concert on Friday, July 11. Bobby Dee & Wynn ...

The West Coast gangsta rap pioneer performed Westside Connection’s “Bow Down” and his own “It Was A Good Day.” Ice Cube was a trending Twitter (X) topic on Saturday (October 26). The West Coast ...

The highlight of this year's Paris Olympics was a 53-year-old rapper from Long Beach. Snoop Dogg — out on assignment as an NBC commentator — carried the Olympic torch through the suburb of Saint-Denis ...