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Compton

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2012

    Best of Coachella Weekend One: Friday, April 13

    Day one of The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival brought something more unusual than ironic outfits or that poor guy who couldn't get his flip flops on for the life of him: this year there was rain. The festival held in the Southern California desert is known for scorching, someti ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2012

    Jugg-Fest 2012 @ Marquee Theatre

    Day one of The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival brought something more unusual than ironic outfits or that poor guy who couldn't get his flip flops on for the life of him: this year there was rain. The festival held in the Southern California desert is known for scorching, someti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    ASU Basketball "Fires" Onetime Prospect Keala King After Split In LA Games

    We're not going too far out on a limb here by saying it's going to be another long year for ASU's men's basketball team. The Sun Devils play hard for head coach (he of the recent contract extension) Herb Sendek--but the team is thin and the remaining players on the squad  basically are jus ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2010

    Nas and Damian Marley's Reggae-Rap Project Explores Their Roots

    We're not going too far out on a limb here by saying it's going to be another long year for ASU's men's basketball team. The Sun Devils play hard for head coach (he of the recent contract extension) Herb Sendek--but the team is thin and the remaining players on the squad  basically are jus ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2010

    Game

    We're not going too far out on a limb here by saying it's going to be another long year for ASU's men's basketball team. The Sun Devils play hard for head coach (he of the recent contract extension) Herb Sendek--but the team is thin and the remaining players on the squad  basically are jus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010

    Game

    We're not going too far out on a limb here by saying it's going to be another long year for ASU's men's basketball team. The Sun Devils play hard for head coach (he of the recent contract extension) Herb Sendek--but the team is thin and the remaining players on the squad  basically are jus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Eazy-E: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

    ​This is the final installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com caught up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today's post is on Eric "Eazy E" Wright, who passed away 15 years ago today. To read the other installments ... More >>

  • Music

    March 25, 2010

    Eazy E: Rap Hasn't Been the Same Since AIDS Killed the Greatest Gangsta

    ​This is the final installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com caught up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today's post is on Eric "Eazy E" Wright, who passed away 15 years ago today. To read the other installments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Dr. Dre: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

    ​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with Dr. Dre the superstar rapper/producer who has had the most success since this photo w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Krazy D: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

    ​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with Krazy D -- the mysterious Mexican guy in the front row. To read the other installment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    MC Ren: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

    ​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with MC Ren, a rapper/writer who joined N.W.A just before the group's meteoric rise and st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    N.W.A. and the Posse: Where Are the 12 Guys from N.W.A's First Album Cover Now?

    ​The cover of N.W.A. and the Posse, does not look like something released by the most important rap group of all time.Actually, just looking at the photo, who would believe that some of the guys in this alleyway would change the course of popular music forever less than a year after the flashbulb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    DJ Dossier: Smite

    ​There's absolutely no doubt that Smite is a definite rarity amongst P-Town's glutted DJ/dance community. First, there's the 31-year-old's absolute passion for vinyl that's second only to other record-loving freakazoids like his cohorts Djentrification and Johnny D. Serato ain't a word that's curr ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    Friday Night Frights: Carl Hayden High Football Players Have More to Worry About Than Winning Games

    ​There's absolutely no doubt that Smite is a definite rarity amongst P-Town's glutted DJ/dance community. First, there's the 31-year-old's absolute passion for vinyl that's second only to other record-loving freakazoids like his cohorts Djentrification and Johnny D. Serato ain't a word that's curr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Outlaw Fleetwood, the "Tent City" Video by Dennis Gilman

    What's going on with Tent City? Outlaw Fleetwood aims to tell ya... MC Outlaw Fleetwood may not be getting any awards for lipsyncing prowess in this particular video. Keep in mind, however, that all of this footage of Fleetwood mouthing the words to his anti-Arpaio song "Tent City" ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    Sheriff Joe’s Got Arizona ACORN in his Crosshairs, Plus a Black Cowboy from Tucson’s Got a Rap for Our Loony Lawman

    What's going on with Tent City? Outlaw Fleetwood aims to tell ya... MC Outlaw Fleetwood may not be getting any awards for lipsyncing prowess in this particular video. Keep in mind, however, that all of this footage of Fleetwood mouthing the words to his anti-Arpaio song "Tent City" ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Rapper Greydon Square Is an Atheist Icon

    What's going on with Tent City? Outlaw Fleetwood aims to tell ya... MC Outlaw Fleetwood may not be getting any awards for lipsyncing prowess in this particular video. Keep in mind, however, that all of this footage of Fleetwood mouthing the words to his anti-Arpaio song "Tent City" ... More >>

  • Music

    February 19, 2009

    Is The Game Over?

    What's going on with Tent City? Outlaw Fleetwood aims to tell ya... MC Outlaw Fleetwood may not be getting any awards for lipsyncing prowess in this particular video. Keep in mind, however, that all of this footage of Fleetwood mouthing the words to his anti-Arpaio song "Tent City" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Just Announced: The Game, Rev. Horton Heat

    We've got a lot of show announcements for you this week, though by and large they're D-listers. The major exception is The Game, who's coming to the Celebrity on February 21. As a long time West Coast partisan, I've always admired the way the Compton rapper went to head to head with 50 Cent's G-uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Gunnin' for that #1 Spot

    We've got a lot of show announcements for you this week, though by and large they're D-listers. The major exception is The Game, who's coming to the Celebrity on February 21. As a long time West Coast partisan, I've always admired the way the Compton rapper went to head to head with 50 Cent's G-uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Future Shock: Sarah Brightman, Ice Cube, The Mars Volta, and more

    We've got a lot of show announcements for you this week, though by and large they're D-listers. The major exception is The Game, who's coming to the Celebrity on February 21. As a long time West Coast partisan, I've always admired the way the Compton rapper went to head to head with 50 Cent's G-uni ... More >>

  • News

    May 8, 2008

    Relentless stickering and guerrilla marketing have made Digital Summer one of the Valley’s hottest bands

    We've got a lot of show announcements for you this week, though by and large they're D-listers. The major exception is The Game, who's coming to the Celebrity on February 21. As a long time West Coast partisan, I've always admired the way the Compton rapper went to head to head with 50 Cent's G-uni ... More >>

  • Music

    June 1, 2006

    Bring On the Backlash

    Stirring up hype and spiting the haters

  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    The Game

    The Documentary
    (Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope)

  • Music

    December 23, 2004

    Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

    Forget caroling. Here's a few hip-hop jammy-jams to warm your Yule log

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Letters

    Letters from the week of July 31, 2003

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Letters

    Letters from the week of July 24, 2003

  • Film

    April 24, 2003

    Rapper's Delight

    Letters from the week of July 24, 2003

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Raising the Stakes

    Pokafase risks taking Phoenix hip-hop on the road

  • Music

    August 17, 2000

    Hop Online

    Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Rap and Roll (and Fold)

    Thanks to Dr. Dre and his partners in crime, smoking dope looks cool again

  • Music

    October 28, 1999

    Beyond the Fringe

    Styles of Beyond takes underground back to the future

  • Music

    October 8, 1998

    Father Cube

    Ice Cube re-stakes his position as a rap icon on the Family Values tour

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    Snoop Doggy Dogma

    Ice Cube re-stakes his position as a rap icon on the Family Values tour

  • Music

    March 27, 1997

    Who's the Man?

    With Suge Knight in prison, onetime receptionist Norris Anderson is now the big man on Death Row

  • Music

    October 3, 1996

    Live by the Gun . . .

    Tupac Shakur's murder leaves behind a formidable legacy--and disturbing questions

  • Music

    August 15, 1996

    Recordings

    Tupac Shakur's murder leaves behind a formidable legacy--and disturbing questions

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Mall Americans

    A fledgling indoor-football league is a steppingstone -- for some, to the future; for others, to the past

  • Music

    December 28, 1995

    Recordings

    A fledgling indoor-football league is a steppingstone -- for some, to the future; for others, to the past

  • Music

    June 1, 1995

    HIP-HOP SITCOM BOOM? BAH!

    A fledgling indoor-football league is a steppingstone -- for some, to the future; for others, to the past

  • Music

    April 6, 1995

    ALL RAPPED UP

    HE'S HOT. HE'S COLD. HE'S ICE CUBE.

  • Music

    November 24, 1994

    SAY HELLO TO COOLIOTHE RAPPER FROM COMPTON MIXES HIS GLOCKS WITH YOCKS

    HE'S HOT. HE'S COLD. HE'S ICE CUBE.

  • Music

    September 8, 1994

    EIHT IS ENOUGH

    EIHT IS ENOUGH RAPPING WITH THE TOP MAN IN GANGSTA RAP

  • Music

    June 8, 1994

    LOST LOBOS

    AS THE LATIN PLAYBOYS, HALF THE BAND FROM EAST L.A. HARVESTS ITS AVANT-GARDEN

  • Music

    October 20, 1993

    DRE MATTER

    HIS HOME AND PERSONAL LIKE SMOLDER, AND DR. DRE STILL PLAYS WITH FIRE

  • Music

    September 15, 1993

    WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOPE?

    HIP-HOP IS GOING TO POT. LITERALLY.

  • Music

    August 4, 1993

    STRAIGHT OUTTA SCOTTSDALEBORN IN THE 'BURBS, HIP-HOP NEWCOMERS BROTHERS GRIMM ARE A LIVING FAIRY TALE

    HIP-HOP IS GOING TO POT. LITERALLY.

  • Music

    December 23, 1992

    BUSTIN' OUT OF BLACKFACE

    WHITE MEN CAN'T RAP. OR CAN THEY?

  • News

    September 9, 1992

    FROM RUSSIA WITH GLOVE

    RUDY USED TO BE A RED ARMY PARATROOPER NOW HE AND HIS COMRADES ARE MAKING BASEBALL HISTORY IN MESA.

  • Music

    September 2, 1992

    MELTING AMERIKKKA'S MOST WANTEDBITTER AND COLD OUTSIDE, ICE CUBE'S BEAT IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE

    RUDY USED TO BE A RED ARMY PARATROOPER NOW HE AND HIS COMRADES ARE MAKING BASEBALL HISTORY IN MESA.

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