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Arriving on-stage having a pompadour and a set coat, G-Eazy became referred to as “the Wayne Dean of rap,” but his music is a lot less troubled than that name might imply, having crossed to the mainstream along with his reinterpretation from the rock and roll & move classic “Runaround …

Although not an enormous name in hip-hop, Oakland, CA, gangsta rap outfit Dark Dynasty had a regional Bay Region hit if they recorded their 1995 single “Deep East Oakland.” Locally, the music became an anthem; just like Boogie Straight down Productions’ “South Bronx” was a popular in ny (specifically the …

Blessed Natassia Zolot, the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, California-based rapper and movie director is way better known by her stage name, Kreayshawn. The little girl of Elka Zolot, guitarist for the well-known Bay Region garage-punk music group the Trashwomen, Zolot got her begin in music after participating in the Berkeley …