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 rap scene introduced the world to g-funk, gangsta rap and artists who ...

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 their ...

There are West Coast swashbucklers and then there's G Perico, the by-any-means man of action rip-roaring through South Central. He debuted as a Jheri curl-donning Crip who backed his way into rap, ...

Unlike its New York origin story, no one can really say exactly when hip-hop hit the West Coast. But when it did, Alonzo Williams was there. Known as the “godfather” of West Coast hip hop, Williams ...

Kendrick Lamar put the entirety of the greater Los Angeles area on his back with the track “Not Like Us” which was largely a diss of Drake and also a call for West Coast unity. Leading this charge, ...

This conversation, in partnership with LAist, took place before a live audience at the Crawford, LAist’s live event venue in Pasadena, California. The 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Born in the Bronx, ...

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*The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip hop on August 14, with a tribute to the West Coast ...

A key figure in West Coast Hip-Hop, Nasty Nes Rodriguez, is navigating severe health challenges, sparking a GoFundMe call for support. Now, after suffering from a heart attack, kidney failure, and ...