The Game (Rapper)

James Rosemond, a.k.a. Jimmy Henchman, Rap Manager Allegedly Linked to Tupac Attack, Arrested in L.A.-to-NYC Drug Investigation

James Rosemond.​Update: According to various reports Rosemond was remanded/held without bail following a court appearance today. A hip-hop impresario alleged to have had a role in the 1994 attack on rapper Tupac Shakur that set off the East Coast-West Coast rap wars of the '90s was arrested i ... More >>

EASTWOOD ON THE PITCH

At 79, Clint tackles Mandela in Invictus

The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs

In 2009, rap is no longer dangerous. Meet an MC wrestling with capital-letter issues: blood, dirt and death

The Royal Family Album: Queen Gets Definitive Photo Bio

​Here's a Christmas gift for Queen fans that you can't stuff into a stocking. Though there's a never a shortage of Queen books out there, Phil Sutcliffe's hefty, just-released Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of The Crown Kings of Rock (Voyageur Press) features more than 500 eye-poppin ... More >>

Mack 10’s Hustler Handbook

When in doubt, says the veteran rapper, heed the late Eazy-E’s advice: “Always stay about your money”

Stage Raw: Land of the Tigers

CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLAND OF THE TIGERS IS THIS WEEK'S PICKLand of the Tigers Photo by Jon Beauregard Noises OnCool Cats and Hot ActorsAct 1 of the Burglars of Hamm's hilarious and thought provoking comedy, Land of the Tigers, outlandishly crosses Cats with Planet of the Ape ... More >>

Stage Raw: Before Kirk Douglas Forgets

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. BEFORE I FORGETKirk Douglas in Before I Forget. Photo by Craig Schwartz The gift in Kirk Douglas' one-man show, Before I Forget,  that opened over the weekend in the theater name ... More >>

Question in the Form of an Answer: An Interview with Chef Raekwon

No introduction necessary. Q: So what brings you out to LA? A: Just business brought me out here. I have an office set up out here and we’re just out here networking and keeping our minds at peace and just working on the album, staying in the studio. I’m doing a lot of things—dealing wit ... More >>

Wale Realizes the Full Potential of the Mixtape

Last November, Zeus wrote a post dissecting the differences between albums and mixtapes for the benefit of crits and fans who had been mistakenly conflating Pusha-T rhyming over old G-Unit beats for high art. It happens. The post may have been a tad heavy-handed, but its point was salient. More of ... More >>

No One Wants to Smoke a Blunt with Lupe Fiasco

Nerd alert

Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#20-16)

20. Jens Lekman-Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian] On first listen, Jens Lekman reminds you of Morrissey. Like the ex-Smith's frontman, the 26-year old Swede's got a rich baritone warble, a sly wit and a penchant for moony-eyed romanticism. But that's where the similarities stop. Lekma ... More >>

City of Gods

L.A.’s Omar Cruz: Could he become the first Mexican-American rap star?

Pimp My Geo

Xzibit: Chrome wheels, platinum records, silver screens (and the dirt behind)

Moment of Truce

After a five-year war, Snoop and Tha Dogg Pound reunite for love, profits and West Coast pride. Ben Quiñones catches the buzz.

Inside the Box With the Super Dope Cops

Hustlers, gangsters, addicts and narcos are all trying to get their chippy on where it’s always Mardi Gras on crack

Quik As F**k

The violent life, tumultuous career and fundamental goodness of DJ Quik

Dancing on Live Grenades

How David LaChapelle’s Rize beat the odds — and MTV — to bring us the ghetto art of krumping

Revenge against the ’70s (and other hostile decades)

Bliss Out

Filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien’s world of feeling

Go! Go! Go!

Steven Soderbergh and his new film, Traffic

Roll With Me, Sterling

Mr. Harrison’s R&B paradise

Jena at 15

A childhood in Hollywood

Who It Is

Love and Hell

Merle Haggard's Twin Oracles

Letters