Battle rapper Dumbfoundead's memoir 'Spit' documents his rise from age 14 through the L.A. hip-hop underground, capturing the ...

Southern California is gearing up for another epic year of music festivals, with something for every taste and vibe. From the high-energy, global hip-hop festival Rolling Loud to the legendary ...

Andy Kawanami and Chuy Gomez (left to right) hosted ‘Hip Hop Friday’ on the California Music Channel in the ’90s. The channel became a crucial outlet for Bay Area rappers on their way to national ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from R&B/hip-hop artists such as JT, Chris Patrick & Mack Keane, Trap Dickey, MexikoDro, cortex, Jenevieve and Retch.

California concert enthusiasts, we hope this is music to your ears. Some of today’s biggest pop, rock, rap, hip-hop, and country artists will bring their buzzy tours to the Golden State this year.

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 ...

This story is part of The California Report Magazine’s series about California composers. Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. It’s a ...