Jeff Weiss

Watts native 03 Greedo has survived gunshot wounds and the deaths of his friends while honing his skills as one of L.A.'s best up-and-coming MCs....

"I’ve got to get divorced today,” Ariel Pink says by way of greeting. It's a typically random start to a conversation with of L.A.'s most mercurial artists....

On her debut album, "The Heart of Infinite Change," the singer enlisted the likes of the late George Duke and Austin Peralta to create a modern yet classic sound....

But don't be too sad — though Dam-Funk and co. won't be at the Virgil every week anymore, Funkmosphere will continue to produce larger events across L.A....

At 23, Tyson Crookmind faced the terrifyingly real prospect of dying behind bars. Now he's dedicating his life to hip-hop with a belated debut album, "Free the Real."...

The self-taught violinist and beatmaker Sudan Archives has created a thrillingly original debut EP....

Sublime created platonic Southern California house-party music by appealing to everyone fond of smoking two joints before they smoked two joints....

A San Pedro rapper and an Orange County producer paved the way for future L.A. stars like Kendrick Lamar and Vince Staples with a raw but soulful sleeper hit album....

The enigmatic singer hasn't performed in the U.S. since 2014 — and during that time, he canceled an earlier FYF appearance....

As the ashes smoldered from the riots of 1992, L.A.'s hip-hop scene reimagined the next quarter-century of sound. In what remains one of the most important years in Angeleno music history, Dr. Dre's The Chronic turned apoplectic gangsta rap into Technicolor party anthems; Pharcyde pioneered a whimsical funhouse alternative; Ice......