History of the Bay

History of the Bay Podcast Ep. 21: Champelli is a San Francisco legend who created the beloved "champagne" strain in the 90s, decades ahead of the booming legal cannabis industry that exists today. H…

Mike Giant made a name for himself as an artist in the worlds of graffiti, skateboarding, tattoo, streetwear, and fine art. Drawing ever since he was a child, Giant started painting graffiti in his h…

Rocky Rivera is a rapper, journalist, and activist from San Francisco. After her family immigrated from the Philippines, she became immersed in hip-hop culture and grassroots community education. Thi…

From Richmond, Mack Magic Mike started rapping in 1982. Along with his partner Calvin T, he sold homemade tapes around the Bay Area and influenced the likes of E-40, Mac Dre, and Mac Mall. Along with…

Recorded at the legendary Amoeba Music San Francisco, Dregs One and P-Lo break down their early memories of Bay Area rap, talk about P-Lo's rise in the music game, and take questions from listeners a…

Adisa Banjoko's contributions to hip-hop go back to its beginnings in the Bay Area. He started off as a rapper with the group Freedom Troop 187, who made it into the first unsigned hype column in The…

Tracey Helton Mitchell is a published author, activist, and a subject of the 1999 HBO documentary "Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End Of The Street." She shares her incredible stories of San Francisco in…

Total Devastation achieved legendary status in the early 90s with their hit, "Many Clouds of Smoke." The duo of Bernie Yo Potna Red Eye and Big Tone Smoke, along with DJ Tuff Cut Tim, came up in San …

Vic20 is a graffiti writer who had an infamous run in the early 2000s along with his crew KUK (Kill Until Killed). Vic grew up in the North Bay and later moved to San Francisco, where he got introduc…

On Episode 11 of the History of the Bay Podcast, 16-year old @GabeInThaBay joins Dregs One to talk about his experience creating content centered around Bay Area culture. Gabe is from Hayward and gre…

Crayone is one of the most well-respected graffiti writers in the world. His career goes back to the beginning of hip-hop in San Francisco, where he started off as a b-boy. Once he transitioned into …

Jocelyn Superstar's early passion for art and graffiti led her to San Francisco in the 1990s, where one of her first introductions to the scene was a mandatory lecture at the Art Institute by Twist. …

Part 2 of 2: After the success of their debut album "Direct From The Backstreets,"  Totally Insane appeared on Master P's classic "West Coast Bad  Boyz" compilation. But as their career was rising, t…

Part 1 of 2: Ad Kapone is one half of the legendary group Totally Insane. Coming out of East Palo Alto, the group had a unique style that helped them establish themselves in the early days of Bay Are…

Young Lay has one of the craziest stories in Bay Area rap. From his beginnings in North Vallejo's Lofas neighborhood, Lay developed his talent early and immediately attracted a deal from producer Kha…

Growing up in a musical family and raised in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood, T.C. has been part of the Bay Area rap music scene since the beginning. From time spent DJing with friends, experime…

CMG sits down with Dregs One to talk about how she became part of the legendary Conscious Daughters along with Special One. Her story touches on the beginnings of hip-hop in the Bay Area and how they…

San Francisco legend Baldhead Rick tells Dregs One about his experience in the Bay Area rap scene after seeing his brother Cougnut rise to fame and his friend Cellski selling tapes in Lakeview, the n…

Black C sits down with Dregs One to discuss his early days in San Francisco, the rise of turf violence in Hunters Point, and the creation of RBL Posse. From making and selling his own tapes to hittin…