Jeff Weiss

There’s an old Sandra Bullock vehicle called The Net, wherein the basic premise is that she awakens one morning and is no longer Sandra Bullock. Her credit cards are invalid, all traces of her digital life have been scrubbed and no one remembers the plot of Speed. As far as......

When reached by phone, the first words out of 2Mex’s mouth are, “I’m gonna come back from this.” Then he quickly adds, “This shit is crazy.” The underground hip-hop cult hero and KDAY radio host speaks from a hospital bed in San Bernardino, where he’s spent the last two weeks......

In the decade since his death, J Dilla has become a deity. And as in all subterranean cults that ossify into religions, certain scriptural interpretations began to take root. Snap-backed evangelicals in “J Dilla Saved My Life” T-shirts eulogize the salt-tear soul of Donuts and the sentimental romantic who made......

Let’s get this out of the way: Sam Outlaw’s real name isn’t Sam Outlaw. The bills mailed to his Glendale apartment are addressed to “Sam Morgan.” “Outlaw” is a nom de guitar selected after he quit his ad-sales job to pursue his dream of making “country music that doesn’t suck.”......

When your crew’s credo is “Kill people, burn shit, fuck school,” it’s easy to give off the wrong impression. During the Odd Future ascendency of 2010, the misinformation levels reached heights eclipsed only by North Korean dictators. But rather than golfing a 34, the Golf Wang comrades allegedly advocated homophobia,......

Only elderly shamans and energy healers can remember the dark ages before the Coachella Music Festival first bloomed out of the polo field–riddled deserts east of Los Angeles. Popular lore holds it was founded in 1999, when Beck, Rage Against the Machine and Morrissey united for worshippers fearing imminent global......

Before it became the epicenter for $12 watermelon juices infused with moondust, Venice was a locus of left-coast culture. In the ’90s, it rivaled Melrose for the city’s most eclectic vortex, a grimy warren overrun by skate rats and graffiti writers, bohemian artists, bootleg-mixtape hawkers, homeless prophets and fake Rastas......

For a city with a million entertainment options, the L.A. tourist checklist can be streamlined with relative ease. There’s Griffith Park and the Observatory; your preferred beach and favorite taco spot; the Getty Museum or Villa; and a trip to the Dresden Room to sip a Blood & Sand and......

It’s almost impossible to remember when DJ Quik wasn’t as ingrained in L.A. life as tacos and traffic snarls. An hour rarely elapses on KDAY without the high-octane freeway funk of “America’z Complete Artist.” 2Pac, Dr. Dre and Snoop are the most internationally revered faces of West Coast rap, but......

The realest moment in NBA postgame memory occurred after the Lakers won the 2010 championship. As Craig Sager interviewed Metta World Peace (né Ron Artest) about his clutch fourth-quarter play, the Lakers forward abruptly shouted, “Queensbridge in the building.” Then he made the salmon-suited Sager emphatically blurt, “Queensbridge!” Many viewers......