Monday, May 6, 2024

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Music

Your fresh local 2022 summer rap playlist is here

Iamsu!, Kamaiyah, Rexx Life Raj, Mani Draper, Cold Medina, and more hot Bay artists put some bump in your trunk
Music

Pinnacles and paradise: SF rapper Cold Medina on new ‘Knights in Tropicana’

Local lyricist breaks down his debut studio album and talks about the role of art in provoking cultural progression
Sports

Is James Wiseman still the 7-foot future of Warriors basketball? I think so.

Thursday's NBA draft will bring a wave of new talent. But the team’s former No. 2 pick and injury-plagued center may yet surprise us
Music

Longtime battle rapper Passwurdz debuts with uplifting studio album ‘Flowers’

"Flowers represent growth, mourning, celebration, nature." says the 1-on-1 artist who's been called Oakland's Greatest
Music

He was robbed of his life’s work—but rapper Mani Draper transcends with new ‘Communion’

'Everybody needs grace,' says Draper, whose latest is a fusion of lyrical California soul and verses like modern-day hymns.
Arts + Culture

Painter’s ball: Unity-minded Bay Area Mural Project hosts group’s first gala

Celebrating "each-one-teach-one Bay Area flavor" at a sold-out California Ballroom in downtown Oakland.
Lit

How Bay Area graffiti led me to a life of writing

From writing on walls to writing in books—and the value of seeing others publicly dream
Lit

Meet Jetpack Jones and his loud-smoking Baylien antihero Hyphy Murph

The underground comic series satirizes and celebrates mid-'00s culture—through the eyes of a blazing extraterrestrial.
Music

‘Long Way From Home’ proves Ian Kelly’s among the best Bay Area wordsmiths

Standout new EP balances clash between making art and meeting the capitalistic demands of economic survival
Music

More than Hyphy: How Traxamillion gave us a timeless soundtrack

The late producer helped build a movement, but he also did something incredibly rare—rep Silicon Valley's rap scene.
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