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fromKqed
5 days ago

Fijiana's 'Welcome to the Bay' Sparks Questions About Our Cultural Melting Pot

Indo-Fijian rapper Fijiana blends Bay Area hip-hop with cultural influences, overcomes serious illness, and achieves viral success while prompting appropriation debates.
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
6 days ago

RBL Posse in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Since the creation of hip-hop in the '70s, the genre has developed regionally. The SF Bay Area scene refined that regionalism to an impressive degree, and no group embodies the Bay's own thing more than RBL Posse. Founded in 1991 in SF's Hunter's Point, the group reached instant success with the self-produced "Don't Give Me No Bammer Weed." Though RBL Posse followed up with further successful records, tragedy followed as well.
SF music
fromKqed
2 weeks ago

Honoring Hip-Hop Collective Native Tongues in the Bay Area | KQED

It's because of these connections, as well as the wide-reaching influence of Native Tongues - a bunch of MCs who made it acceptable to be heady and overly lyrical - that Sunday's event is significant, with its onstage visuals, stories and music.
SF music
NYC music
fromSFGATE
3 months ago

The Bay Area gets its Tiny Desk Concert moment

E-40's Tiny Desk Concert marked a national celebration of the hyphy movement and his enduring influence in hip-hop.
Podcast
fromKqed
4 months ago

After 100 Episodes, 'History of the Bay' Expands Its Horizons | KQED

The 'History of the Bay' podcast celebrates Bay Area hip-hop, expanding from TikTok to in-depth interviews with cultural icons.
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