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The Bay Area Was Hip-Hop Before There Was Hip-Hop

Mac Mall, pictured on the cover of his debut album Illegal Business

How I Made a Bay Area Classic at Age 15

A Black woman with large earrings poses for the camera against a black background

How Hip-Hop Talks About Abortion in Ways Other Art Forms Can't

Shock G of Digital Underground performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2010 in Atlanta. Shock G died Thursday at age 57.

Digital Underground's Shock G, an Oakland Hip-Hop Icon, Dies at 57

Danyel Smith at a Vibe Magazine party in New York City in 2008.

From Oakland to 'Black Girl Songbook,' Danyel Smith Stays True to the Town

'Slow Burn' Season 3 is Taking on the Murders of Biggie and Tupac

Fired Over Too Much Tupac? A Rap-Loving Bureaucrat From Iowa Says He Hopes Not

Artists File $100 Million Suit Against Universal Music Over 2008 Fire

Shy'an G's new EP, 'The Reset,' finds the East Bay artist jumping into a life with the top down.

For East Bay Rapper Shy’an G, a New First with 'The Reset'

Hip-Hop History at the Oakland Museum

Tupac Shakur in a still from 'Poetic Justice.'

Remembering the Time Tupac Shakur Sued the Oakland Police for $10 Million

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