Hyphy was touted as the Next Big Thing. Then the movement's momentum appeared to have stalled, at least in music industry circles. Critics had their reasons, everything from the lack of a big hit ...

It's easy to identify hyphy music, but it's not so easy to chart its origins and evolution. In an attempt to compile the genre's “oral history,” Complex gathered ...

The music documentary captures the hugely kinetic Hyphy movement and brings the sights and sounds of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most influential musical movement of the past 30 years to life on the ...

Los Angeles may be known as the birthplace of gangsta rap, but just 500 miles away in northern California, the Bay Area boasts its own distinct hip-hop sound and culture in a vibe that can only be ...

Just more than a year ago, the Bay Area seemed poised to become the center of the hip-hop universe. The hyperactive party music known as “hyphy” was ubiquitous at clubs, on the streets and on local ...

WE WERE HYPHY is a love song to the Hyphy Movement of the early 2000's. WE WERE HYPHY is a love song to the artists, dance, music, clothes, cars and people who came of age during the Hyphy Movement.

Hosted by Branden LSK, the series delves into how the vibrant, exciting genre, that exploded onto the Hip-Hop scene in the 2000s. The Bay Area birthed the unique sound that transformed the Hip-Hop ...

Imagine a sideshow. Visualize a place for everyone to “stunt” or to show off their high performance muscle cars with a snake-like line of about 300 cars coursing in the street. Hear the music blaring, ...

Laurence Madrigal’s debut documentary originated as a passion project that was envisioned as a 15-minute ode to a music scene he was drawn to. The focus was on the hyphy movement that emerged out of ...