Top 5 Bay Area Hyphy Bangers That Every Hip Hop Head Should Know

In the late 1990s, Keak da Sneak coined the term “hyphy.” “Hyphy” means to be hyperactive and defined a generation of rap in Northern California. The Bay Area created its own Mecca for underground rap in the early 2000s. Some of the Bay Area hip hop pioneers include Mac Dre, Andre Nickatina, E-40, The Jacka,…