Photo: Gregory Shamus/ It looked like Kendrick was more interested in the aesthetics of the cover art of To Pimp a Butterfly than the acrimonious complaints of songs like “The Blacker the Berry.” ...

Grammy award-winner SZA wasn’t the only cultural Black icon to join Compton rapper and Pulitzer Prize-winner Kendrick Lamar on the world’s biggest stage on Sunday. Lamar clowned rival artist Drake for ...

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, better known by his stage name — Kendrick Lamar — is one of the most successful and influential hip-hop artists of the 21st century. Lamar, who's from Compton, California, ...

The defendants are facing multiple charges of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, weapons possession and ...

A 20-year-old man who was found dead in Compton was identified by county authorities Saturday. Deputies from the Los Angeles ...

Brandon Z. Miller, 25, presided over a crew that bought more than 100 guns, some used in a murderous South Side street war, ...

Ahead of Kendrick Lamar's headline performance at the Super Bowl half-time show, we explore the rapper's journey from the ...

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted seven Sacramento residents accused of trafficking drugs and selling guns on behalf of the Oak Park Bloods gang, prosecutors said.

In the run-up to his performance at the Super Bowl, hip-hop’s most celebrated storyteller has been on a hot streak ...

Certain members of the street gang also participated in three other shootings that left victims injured, prosecutors alleged.

There's a place in Compton that celebrates creativity, skillbiuilding and collaboration. Goodman, 72, has put his stunning ...

THE Compton gangbanger accused of orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been hit with a new charge after ...