Kendrick Lamar has proven time and time again that he has a soft spot for his West Coast forebears. If the Tupac interview from To Pimp A Butterfly, the note he wrote to Shakur last month, and the ...

If you're familiar with Kendrick Lamar’s music, you can easily hear the influence of West Coast hip-hop in his songs. Last month, the Compton rapper penned a tribute to his idol, the late rapper Tupac ...

It’s been a busy year for N.W.A in the press, considering the explosively successful debut of the biopic about the band (Straight Outta Compton). Now Kendrick Lamar — he of To Pimp a Butterfly ...

Kendrick Lamar paid tribute to Eazy E for Paper magazine. He spoke about the late rapper's influence on his career and his upbringing in a touching essay. "I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for ...

*More than 20 years after Eazy-E’s death — his widow and son are battling over who controls Ruthless Records — a company the rapper founded in 1986 as a platform for his group, N.W.A. Eazy-E’s son, ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...