Ice Cube thanked all "who helped me get here" as he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. The rapper/actor was presented with the 2,614th star in front of the Musicians Institute building on Hollywood Boulevard, and when … [Read more...]
MC Eiht & DJ Premier Give 1st Taste Of Collaborative Album “Which Way Iz West”
As a member of the West Coast gangster rap collective, Compton’s Most Wanted, MC Eiht stepped onto the scene with the group’s seminal It’s A Compton Thang album in 1990. Two years later, their explosive breakthrough record, Music To Driveby, … [Read more...]
West Coast Legend DJ Crazy Toones Passes Away
News today has broken that DJ Crazy Toones (born Lamar Dupré Calhoun) has passed away. An accomplished DJ and producer, Toones joined Coolio as a member of WC & The Maad Circle for much of the 1990s. The real-life brother of WC, Crazy Toones … [Read more...]
Bud’da Revamped The West Coast With “Bow Down”
Bud’da has had a storied career in being apart of many iconic projects, but maybe none as impactful as when he helmed the bulk of the production work for the debut of Ice Cube’s group project Westside Connection. In 1996, as a relatively unknown … [Read more...]