Tag Archives: 2006 in Oakland

Led by Oakland, California native Ricky Reed, Wallpaper. fuses hip-hop, pop, and dance music inside a carefree, sometimes pointed style. After a set of EPs in 2006 and in 2008, the 1st Wallpaper. recording, Doodoo Face, premiered in ’09 2009 on Eenie Meenie. Reed dished out lighthearted and Auto-Tune-treated lyrics …

Boldly blending languages, cultures, and genres, the Panamanian-American duo Los Rakas fuse hip-hop, reggaeton, and R&B while rapping in both Spanish and English. Los Rakas had been founded in 2006 by Raka Dun (aka Abdull Rubén Domínguez), who was simply blessed in Panama and found Oakland, California as an adolescent, …