In 1992, Dr. Dre released his masterpiece The Chronic and ushered in a new sound and subgenre called G-Funk. The sound incorporated 1970s funk grooves - inspired by Parliament-Funkadelic and Zapp ...

West Coast hip-hop has seen a lot of stylistic shifts over the years. G-Funk really solidified California in the 90s as equally formidable to the seemingly bulletproof mecca in New York. Then, in the ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The new documentary ‘G-Funk,’ which premiered at SXSW, finally gives influential West Coast rapper Warren G his due. Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast AUSTIN, ...

The city of Long Beach has given the world many great things, not least of which being the G-Funk sound. Pioneered by Long Beach natives Daz Dillinger, Warren G, The Dove Shack, and DJ Battlecat, and ...

In the 1990s, three best friends at Long Beach's renowned Polytechnic High School polished a new sound at the intersection of funk and rap music. Warren G, with the help of Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, ...

There was something special brewing in Los Angeles around the tail end of the 1980s. In the wake of N.W.A.'s classic Straight Outta Compton album, young creatives began stretching and reshaping ...

G-Funk: The Untold Story of Warren G premieres exclusively on YouTube Premium on July 11 Warren G (born Warren Griffin III) is chronicling the rise of “Gangster Funk” in a new YouTube documentary ...

A new documentary from director Karam Gill explores the early days of g-funk through never before seen footage and interviews with Warren G, Snoop Dogg, Chuck D, Ice Cube, Ice T, Too Short, The D.O.C.

Warren G will release his EP 'Regulate...G Funk Era Pt. II' on August 6. By Erika Ramirez After teasing fans of its creation, Warren G announced that he’ll release his EP Regulate…G Funk Era Pt. II on ...

Taking inspiration from the synthesizer-driven funk of George Clinton, G-Funk brought an electrifying new sound to gangster rap, welding squealing leads and squelching basses to West Coast street ...