If you lived in Oakland three years ago and didn't spend all your time barricaded in Rockridge or Montclair, the chances are good that you ran into a rap group called the Team. Standing by their car ...

It's just now getting national attention. The godfather of hyphy, the rapper E40, has an album in Billboard's Top 100. As Youth Radio's Tapan Munshi explains that hyphy is defined by its fast pace and ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. – It's been nearly 20 years since E-40 (Earl Stevens) first started slinging slang and selling his independent albums out of his car trunk throughout the Bay Area. The 38-year-old ...

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 ...

THE VIDEO for E-40’s “Tell Me When to Go” may very well be one of the most beautiful representations of Oakland ever captured. Folks attribute many adjectives to E-40 and his guest Keak Da Sneak — and ...

East Oakland, Calif. — IN the early morning hours most weekends, finding hyphy isn’t difficult, it’s just a matter of knowing what to look for. Pull off Interstate 580 near the San Leandro line and ...