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Airbnb has announced that the company will ban party houses and crackdown on those who exhibit “abusive host and guest conduct.” The company’s CEO Brian Chesky revealed the news on Twitter. Chesky says that Airbnb will expand its manual screening of “high-risk” reservations, take “immediate action against users who violate these enhanced guest policies,” and create a “party house” rapid response team for those […]
Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri will not be charged in connection with an altercation that occurred on the court following the Raptors NBA Finals win. Ujiri allegedly shoved an Alameda County officer twice when he attempted to bar Ujiri from the court, claiming that Ujiri did not have the proper credentials. Witness accounts differ about […]
Rolling Loud starts its invasion of the Bay Area today. This traveling music festival will occupy the Oakland Coliseum grounds for the next two days. Saturday will be headlined by Future and the Bay’s own, G-Eazy. Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage, Blueface, Gunna, and SOB x RBE are a few of the festivals other big […]
Before this series (and probably after), Drake had love for the “Yay Area.” But his enthusiastic support of the Toronto Raptors forced the rapper to stay in the North during the NBA Finals. Following the Raptors’ series-clinching Game 6 victory, Drake took to Instagram Live to celebrate the franchise’s first championship. During the session, Drake admitted […]
After losing a NBA Finals bet to Drake, Oakland rapper Guapdad 4000 dressed up as a raptor and took to the Bay Bridge holding a sign that read “Kawhi + Drake Beat the Bay.” Drake promised to promote Guapdad 4000’s new video, “Flossin,” if the Warriors defeated the Toronto Raptors. Despite winning, Drizzy still gave the […]
An independent report ordered by the city of Vallejo, California, found officers had acted “reasonably” in the fatal shooting of Willie McCoy, a 21-year-old Bay Area rapper who went by the stage name Willie Bo. The report, authored by retired peace officer David Blake, revealed Vallejo cops had fired 55 rounds in 3.5 seconds during the February incident. Officers […]
Lil Jon has shared “Ain’t No Tellin’.” The track contains a posthumous feature from Bay Area legend Mac Dre, who died in 2013. “For me, I put Mac Dre right up there with Biggie and ’Pac as legends who have since passed on,” Lil Jon told XXL. “I woke up one morning and remembered a beat I did […]
Bay Area-based radio station KBLX has issued a ban on Drake‘s music for the duration of the 2019 NBA Finals, The Mercury News reports. The decision by KBLX is in response to Drake’s not-so-subtle support of the Toronto Raptors, the last team standing in the way of a Golden State Warriors 3-peat. “(We) could not stand on the sidelines and […]
A newly released report reveals more disturbing details about the murder of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police more than a decade ago. On New Year’s Day 2009, 22-year-old Grant was forcibly pulled off a train by Bay Area Rapid Transit officers who were responding to reports of a fight. The father was […]
For decades, the Bay Area’s marquee export has been rap slang. Since the early days of E-40 and Too $hort, the region has been reinventing the hip-hop lexicon, and Oakland’s ALLBLACK is poised to be one of the next great linguistic innovators to break out on a national level. With a charismatic, cascading flow with […]
