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Larry Madrigal

SLUG MAG | FILM REVIEW: WE WERE HYPHY

The Bay Area has always been home to a wide array of cultures and a long history of social movements. One countercultural movement you...

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CBS KPIX | New Documentary ‘We Were Hyphy’ Highlights Rise of a Bay Area Hip-Hop Movement

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A documentary that takes a look back at the rise of a remarkable hip-hop subculture in the Bay Area two decades...

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THE SOURCE | DOCUMENTARY WE WERE HYPHY CAPTURES DISTINCT BAY AREA SOUND AND CULTURE

Los Angeles may be known as the birthplace of gangsta rap, but just 500 miles away in northern California, the Bay Area boasts its own...

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KQED | ‘We Were Hyphy’ Documentary Remembers the Bay Area’s Iconic Rap Subculture

Just about any casual Bay Area hip-hop fan remembers 2000s touchstones like stunna shades, thizz pills and ghostriding the whip. But the...

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THE MERCURY NEWS | ‘We Were Hyphy’ film explores overlooked Bay Area music scene

Laurence Madrigal’s debut documentary originated as a passion project that was envisioned as a 15-minute ode to a music scene he was...

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THE SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD | ‘We Were Hyphy’ and the Glory of Mid-2000s Bay Area Hip-Hop

Back in the early aughts, in the predawn of Web 2.0, an up-and-coming music producer could lay down a beat in their bedroom, and an...