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 ...

UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies launched its wide-ranging Hip Hop Initiative on March 28, which will establish UCLA as a leading center for hip-hop studies globally by way ...

Hip-hop is big business — venturing from the world’s grandest and most expensive stages into lucrative sponsorships in sneakers and apparel, nightlife and liquor, real estate and sports. The industry ...

*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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Dr. Dre has joined the Forbes' billionaire list, along with Beyoncé, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and Jay-Z.

On this date in 1995, Death Row Records unleashed one of the most powerful singles in its entire catalog with the release of California Love from the All Eyez On Me album. The record united Dr Dre, ...

Hip-hop's inception came from house parties hosted in the Bronx in the1970s. Check out these 20 notable hip-hop songs that ...