Inspirations We Were Hyphy First-time director Laurence Madrigal opens his love letter to Bay Area hip hop with three distinct images:...

Just about any casual Bay Area hip-hop fan remembers 2000s touchstones like stunna shades, thizz pills and ghostriding the whip. But 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...

"We Were Hyphy" is a documentary taking a look at the hyphy movement in the Bay Area. KPIX 5's Gianna Franco talks to director Laurence...

Back in the early aughts, in the predawn of Web 2.0, an up-and-coming music producer could lay down a beat in their bedroom, and an...

E WERE HYPHY announced its World Premiere as part of the prestigious Cinequest 2022 Film Festival. The music documentary captures the...

Laurence Madrigal’s debut documentary originated as a passion project that was envisioned as a 15-minute ode to a music scene he was...