Bay Area rap legend Too Short mourns the loss of his older brother Wayne Shaw, who was killed in a shooting at an East ...

He also mentored young musicians and taught at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music. His killer, prosecutors say, was a member of the street gang Ghetto Boyz. The case was investigated by ...

According to the Oakland Police Department ... of the most influential rappers to come out of the Bay Area, with "The Ghetto" and "Blow the Whistle" as his best-selling singles.

The Oakland rapper—arguably the hottest thing ... confident G-funk classicist on her debut project, A Good Night in the Ghetto, released in March. From the start, she displayed a firm grasp ...