Danielle Bacher

7:43 p.m.: "Did you get searched when you walked in?" Nico Vega bassist Jamila Weaver asks me as I enter Shatto 39 Lanes bowling alley in Koreatown. She folds her arms and looks at me with round, sheepish eyes. "I was about to get searched, so I ran to my......

4:02 p.m.: Demrick lies on a couch in B-Real's studio downtown. B-Real's 4:20 internet TV show is on every night, and De appears Fridays. Right now he's waiting to freestyle......

8:10 pm: There are a few nights in your life when you feel like you might end up dead. This is one of those nights. 8:13 pm: I'm being followed by a black truck flashing its headlights over and over. I make a wrong turn and end up on Skid......

7:56 PM, Tuesday, November 27: I can't stop coughing. I know I'm about to get sick. I arrive at Backside Records in Burbank, and hear music blasting from inside. This is going to be a rough one. Kurupt Sails Uncharted Rap Waters The Making of The Chronic 8:00 PM: I......

8:10 PM: I'm driving to meet singer Meg Myers and her producer Andy Rosen aka Doctor Rosen Rosen outside Meg's apartment in Echo Park. See also: *Meg Myers Is a Fucking Monster. That's a Compliment *Doing Drugs, Lots of Drugs, With Myka 9 Back story: The duo met via Andy's......

8:55 PM: I arrive at Corner Bakery Cafe in Westwood to pick up 43-year-old rapper/producer/MC Michael Troy (aka Myka 9) and his Canadian producer Factor. For some background on Myka, peep our story on his seminal group Freestyle Fellowship. See also: I Hung Out With Ty$ the Other Night. Things......

10:00 PM, Monday, Oct 8: I'm standing outside Paramount Recording studios on Santa Monica Boulevard waiting for the publicist for R&B singer Ty Dolla $ign -- aka Ty$. The plan is for me to hang out with the Hollywood denizen, who rolls with the Pushaz Ink label crew (YG, DJ......

Janelle Monáe & Big Boi Club Nokia 9-25-12 Better than: Hearing my mother sing in the shower. A tuxedo-clad man with a top hat approached the stage and started to hype the crowd before Janelle Monáe's set. He got the fans pumped and chanting, and then suggested that folks Instagram......

It's been 40 minutes, and I'm still sitting at Mid-City Italian restaurant Ca' Brea waiting for singer Lyrica Anderson. I'm sipping a large glass of water and making small talk with her publicist. "You know how artists are," she says. "Always late."   Moments later, Anderson glides into the room,......

See also: Rapper Wax on 'Rosana' and Little Mamacitas Who Don't Play Recently L.A. rapper Wax told us about his Internet-generated fame, the raunchy hit video for "Rosana," and being signed to Def Jam. But even more recently he had surprising news: he's parted ways with the label, after being......