Surveying a sea of 40,000 people gathered at Oracle Park, rap bellwether Kendrick Lamar felt right at home. “We’re back on the West Coast, my home,” Lamar proclaimed. “We came to the Bay to turn this ...

Williams then helped Clipse get signed to Arista Records, where they released their 2002 full-length project, “Lord Willin’.” ...

On this day in 1987, LL Cool J released his groundbreaking second album Bigger and Deffer via Def Jam/Columbia/CBS Records. Coming off the heels of his successful debut, critics were bracing for the ...

Lana Del Rey's 'West Coast' has entered Spotify's Billions Club. Released in 2014, it's Del Rey's fifth to cross the milestone.

TDE's Ray Vaughn wants to set the record straight. After Joey Bada$$ sent an apparent shot at the West Coast on the January ...

These rap icons transformed more than just a genre; they shifted the direction of modern music itself. Their innovation and ...

In almost three hours on stage, and the first of three shows at SoFi, Lamar and SZA further established themselves as two of ...

A lineup of legendary West Coast hip-hop icons will perform at the Iowa Event Center for the "Kings of the West" concert on Friday, July 11.

The West Coast icon also spoke with Billboard about producing the 2025 film Freaky Tales. By Mackenzie Cummings-Grady It’s impossible to overstate just how influential Too Short is to hip-hop ...

The “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions” album was scheduled for a 1995 ... and particularly West Coast hip-hop,” states the Springsteen Thursday news release. “Initially poring over CDs ...

In short, it's an album that solidified Dre's place as one of rap's master storytellers, while also moving the needle forward for West Coast hip-hop. With that, verses also took on a more laid ...

ShrapKnel & Controller 7 – Nobody Planning To Leave (Backwoodz) For their third album in four years as ShrapKnel, New York/Philly rappers Curly Castro and PremRock connected with West Coast ...