Known as the “godfather” of West Coast hip-hop, Williams has been working in ... blew up disco records at a scheduled White Sox game. Hordes of people showed up, chaos ensued and the White ...

Hip-hop was first created in 1973 in the Bronx, but it wasn't until the '90s that West Coast rappers truly showcased their unique sound on another level. The cool thing about West Coast rap ...

As hip-hop marks its 50th anniversary, ABC News takes a look back at history. Hip-hop may have been born in New York City, but many regions across the U.S. and around the globe have since put ...

Although New York City is typically viewed as the birthplace of hip-hop, artists on the US West Coast say that part of ... the album “Rappin’ Black in a White World” by the political poetry ...

and the New Orleans rapper is doing just that by inserting himself into the middle of the raging lyrical war between Joey Badass and multiple West Coast MCs ... rubbed L.A. rappers such as ...

In 1950, an open white supremacist ... give or take an Are We There Yet? West Coast Latin hip-hop suffers a similar flattening. With their multi-platinum success and multicultural breakthrough ...

Anyone who's familiar with Daylyt and who isn't a fan of battle rap or immersed in West Coast hip-hop probably thinks of him as an ancestor of the clout rap era. Famous for internet-breaking ...

Kendrick Lamar, the first solo rapper to headline the NFL Super Bowl halftime show, is well known for holding up the torch of West Coast hip-hop and burning ... in red, white and blue marched ...

To declare Ice Cube a West Coast rap god is in no way diminishing his influence on hip hop by adding a regional distinction. It serves as a reminder that Cube – first with the group N.W.A and ...

Kendrick Lamar's sweep at the 2025 Grammys — winning five of the five categories that his 2024 song "Not Like Us" was nominated in — capped a triumphant year for the rapper, who managed to ...