Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (FOX40.COM) — Rap beefs have been around for decades and although they are nothing new, the ongoing feud between rappers Kendrick ...

Hip-hop fans around the world were shocked this week to hear the sad news that one of California’s all-time great rap innovators, Saafir, died Tuesday morning. As reported in an Instagram post from ...

SACRAMENTO — When Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) thinks about hip-hop’s influence, he remembers all the wrongdoings artists illuminated throughout history. Even as hip-hop turns 50, the music is ...

In a big win for creative expression, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed The Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act, which restricts the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court in California. “For too long, ...

California just passed legislation that limits the use of rap lyrics and other forms of artistic expression against artists in court. Assembly Bill No. 2799, also known as the Decriminalizing Artistic ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...

Tim Trudeau has lived and breathed music since he started a band with family and friends in San Diego nearly three decades ago. He quickly moved into producing, opened a studio, started his own record ...

For the first time under a new California law, a murder conviction has been overturned by a court that said a rap video should not have been admitted as evidence at trial. A state appellate court ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rapper Saafir performs at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago in 1994. (Raymond Boyd / Getty Images) Hip-hop fans around the world were ...

Hip-hop fans around the world were shocked this week to hear the sad news that one of California’s all-time great rap innovators, Saafir, died Tuesday morning. As reported in an Instagram post from ...