40 water is back to teach these newjacks how to really spit bars. If you aren’t a true Bay Area rap fiend, then you would probably be shocked to hear E-40 has released twenty-two albums throughout his ...

Did we lose you? If we did, what we said, more or less, was "Check it out, player, it's time to get crazy." If we didn't, you have the San Francisco Bay Area to thank. Northern California has long ...

Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. The multiple arrests last year in an alleged national drug ring marked an infamous milestone for a ...

Imagine a sideshow. Visualize a place for everyone to “stunt” or to show off their high performance muscle cars with a snake-like line of about 300 cars coursing in the street. Hear the music blaring, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A documentary that takes a look back at the rise of a remarkable hip-hop subculture in the Bay Area two decades ago, the new film "We Were Hyphy" is set to be screened as ...

When it comes to cultural exports of the Bay Area, hyphy is in a league of its own. The subgenre of hip-hop has an up-tempo, hyperactive beat that makes you want to dance. In the early 2000s, artists ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. – It's been nearly 20 years since E-40 (Earl Stevens) first started slinging slang and selling his independent albums out of his car trunk throughout the Bay Area. The 38-year-old ...

Despite the uptempo party music and the perception of free-spirited fun, it’s clear that 2006 was a violent year in my Northern Californian community. But until recently, I hadn’t stopped to consider ...

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 ...

If you aren’t a true Bay Area rap fiend, then you would probably be shocked to hear E-40 has released twenty-two albums throughout his career. The Cali legend turns 49 this year in November, and 3 ...