Ice Cube

Snoop Dogg was gangsta; Snoop Lion is Rasta

2013-03-16 07:30:00

Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion. Engulfed by a haze of marijuana smoke thick as London fog in a hotel suite high above the so-called Media Capital of the World, the gangsta rap superstar surrendered himself to a hairdresser's...

In hip-hop, violence is taking on a diminishing role

2013-02-15 13:37:00

Among the most important rap albums released over the last year or so, one contains a song about Nas' complicated relationship with his teenage daughter. Another has a track in which Killer Mike outlines President Reagan's contribution to the prison-...

68 pythons found — gulp!

2013-02-19 11:02:08

Pot in Kmart store: Workers get a 10-pound surprise

2013-02-01 08:13:42

Eastside record label still spinning out the music

2013-01-08 18:26:00

Hector Gonzalez straps a five-string bass guitar over his belly inside a music studio on a dreary stretch of Monterey Park. He plays as a smooth, prerecorded tenor joins a funky accordion through his headphones. Trying to bite a bullet, or sometimes...

Power 106 FM's Cali Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre

2012-12-15 14:18:00

“All my life I want money and power,” Kendrick Lamar raps in his song “Backseat Freestyle,” and less than three months after the release of his major-label debut, the Compton MC appears to be enjoying plenty of both. A deft...

Nicki Minaj, Glen Campbell, Wilco among L.A.'s top summer concerts

2012-06-05 21:36:47

Pharcyde: L.A. hip-hop’s far side

2012-05-22 16:37:00

Will 'Think Like a Man' put director Tim Story on Hollywood A-list?

2012-05-15 04:37:11

Rock the Bells 2012 taps Missy Elliott, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, more

2012-05-16 16:36:03

PASSINGS: Jimmy Castor, Robert Dozier

2012-01-18 00:00:00

Jimmy Castor Wrote hit song 'Troglodyte (Cave Man)' Jimmy Castor, a funk and soul saxophonist, singer and songwriter best known for "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" and "It's Just Begun," died Monday of apparent heart failure at a Las Vegas hospital. He was 71,...

'Rampart' ride-alongs left Woody Harrelson 'nervous and shocked'

2011-12-03 16:37:09

Ice Cube

2012-12-04 00:00:00

Tax Credit: $14,057,256.00 Production: The TBS sitcom 'Are We There Yet?' Dates: 2010-present Location: Stamford (Connecticut Film Center) Caption: From left to right, the cast of Are We There Yet includes Coy Stewart as Kevin, Essence Atkins as Suzanne, Terry Crews as Nick, Teala Dunn as Lindsey

2012-11-13 00:00:00

Ice Cube and rap group N.W.A are on final nominee list for 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2012-10-03 15:52:12