A new and colorful smashburger joint has opened in West Oakland, and it is proving popular already.

The Oakland Ballers on Wednesday announced that rapper Too Short and Green Day frontman Billie Joe ... They play home games ...

(John Metcalfe/Bay Area News Group) Hyphy Burger debuted this February at 898 West Grand Ave ... s name is a reference to the Bay Area hip-hop subculture known as hyphy. If you’re unsure ...

D’Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the legendary R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, died Friday morning. He was 64. Wiggins died ...

An organization dedicated to the academic development of Black youth records a profanity-free hip-hop album Their West Oakland studio is located in an historic area once dubbed 'Harlem of the West ...

Too Short is a pioneer of West Coast Hip Hop and a legend in his childhood home of Oakland. FilmMagic Shaw managed to flee the building, but he was gunned down after a confrontation in the street.

Rap music has long been a voice for struggle triumph and everyday life, but one Oakland record label is using it to create something deeper. 24-year-old Alonzo Henderson is doing something you don ...