While Ice T and LL Cool J may have transitioned to acting, the two were once heavyweight rappers with some beef between them.

Bootie Brown, Imani, Fatlip, and Slimkid3—were spending most of their time in Inglewood, California, at South Central Unit ...

Los Angeles has always been more than just palm trees and Hollywood glitz — it’s the heartbeat of West Coast Hip Hop. The city’s rap scene introduced the world to g-funk, gangsta rap and artists who ...

As hip-hop marks its 50th anniversary, ABC News takes a look back at history. Hip-hop may have been born in New York City, but many regions across the U.S. and around the globe have since put their ...

For the generation too young to know the gangsta rap act N.W.A, Ice Cube is better known as a box office-topping film star, Dr. Dre is a multibillionaire producer who makes $200 headphones, and their ...

Unlike its New York origin story, no one can really say exactly when hip-hop hit the West Coast. But when it did, Alonzo Williams was there. Known as the “godfather” of West Coast hip-hop, Williams ...

Cletus Anderson, the founder of the famous V.I.P. Records in Long Beach and a pivotal figure in West Coast rap, died at the age of 82 on Sunday, Jan. 28 according to his younger brother, Kelvin ...