Self-described king of slang E-40 didn't invent the word "hyphy," an adjective used to describe the wild antics associated with participants in and onlookers at spontaneous, usually illegal car ...

The music documentary captures the hugely kinetic Hyphy movement and brings the sights and sounds of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most influential musical movement of the past 30 years to life on the ...

Hyphy was touted as the Next Big Thing. Then the movement's momentum appeared to have stalled, at least in music industry circles. Critics had their reasons, everything from the lack of a big hit ...

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The hyphy movement is dead. Long live the hyphy movement. Depending on whom you ask, hyphy may or not be passé, but there’s no denying a movement is underfoot in the Bay Area’s hip-hop scene, whatever ...

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GOING INTO THE HP Pavilion in San Jose on Monday night, it looked as if radio station Wild 94.9’s Boo Bomb concert might serve as the funeral march for hyphy. The hip-hop subgenre, which got its start ...

Just more than a year ago, the Bay Area seemed poised to become the center of the hip-hop universe. The hyperactive party music known as “hyphy” was ubiquitous at clubs, on the streets and on local ...

Running a restaurant isn't easy, but a local food influencer is taking on the challenge. He's opened up a bold new burger joint in West Oakland, paying tribute to Bay Area hip-hop culture. Darion ...

Laurence Madrigal’s debut documentary originated as a passion project that was envisioned as a 15-minute ode to a music scene he was drawn to. The focus was on the hyphy movement that emerged out of ...

Hyphy Burger recently opened up in West Oakland and customers having been raving about the restaurant's offerings. The burger joint is a nod to the Bay Area's hyphy movement. Co-owner Darion Frazier, ...