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The Hyphy Movement's resurgence in early 2006 was cited by prominent Bay Area rapper E-40 as a new opportunity for the Bay Area's unique sound to reach a nationwide audience. [5] Hyphy music was not only popular in The Bay Area, but in Portland, Oregon and Seattle as well.
Group member Locksmith first got national exposure appearing on MTV's Freestyle Battle in 2003. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He reached the final round, but lost to a rapper named Reign Man. They initially recorded mixtapes and released their debut album, Who R You , in 2004, selling it themselves from the van in which they travelled to performances.
We Were Hyphy is a 2022 documentary film about Hyphy, a sub-genre of hip-hop.. The term hyphy (/ ˈ h aɪ f iː / HY-fee) is Oakland slang meaning "hyperactive". [1] More specifically, it is an adjective describing hip hop and the culture associated with the area. [2]
Thizz Entertainment is a Sacramento-based, originally independent record label, started in 1999 by rapper and music producer Andre Hicks, who was professionally known as Mac Dre, a poster child of the hyphy movement that swept through the Bay Area in the early 2000s. The label was relocated to the S.F. Bay Area shortly after his untimely death.
Charles Kente Williams (né Bowens; born October 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Keak da Sneak, is an American rapper from Oakland, California.He is known for his gravelly voice, [1] [2] for coining the term hyphy in 1994, [3] and for his contributions to the hyphy movement.
Andre Louis Hicks (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004), known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper from Vallejo, California. [1] He was an instrumental figure in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip hop scene that emerged in the early 2000s. [2]
The Team is a hip hop group from Bay Area and Oakland, California. The group consists of four emcees: Clyde Carson, Mayne Mannish, and Kaz Kyzah and also one affiliated member named Jungle. They are associated with West Coast hip hop music, and have a unique sound that showcases the diversity of hyphy music. The group is best known for their ...
"Tell Me When to Go" is the first single from E-40's BME/Warner Bros. debut, My Ghetto Report Card. Keak da Sneak is also featured on the track. It was produced by Lil Jon, and one of the first singles to kick off the hyphy movement on a national level and popularized the phrase "ghost ride the whip". [1]