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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 ...

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 ...

It's easy to identify hyphy music, but it's not so easy to chart its origins and evolution. In an attempt to compile the genre's “oral history,” Complex gathered ...

With the hyphy movement in full ghost-ride glory, whither the other major component of Bay Area hip-hop: the political side? Let us not forget, the soil that birthed ...

Los Angeles may be known as the birthplace of gangsta rap, but just 500 miles away in northern California, the Bay Area boasts its own distinct hip-hop sound and culture in a vibe that can only be ...

The Bay Area's answer to Atlanta's crunk, hyphy validated the efforts of the independent-label-saturated local scene, which had long struggled to gain a national toehold. Media coverage extended to ...

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 ...

Brock Purdy enters his third NFL season as an icon throughout the Bay for his service as 49ers quarterback. But has he learned how to speak his city's -- or area's -- lingo yet? In a behind-the-scenes ...