Mar 18, 2024

Vallejo native DJ Gutta Butta puts his own spin on ‘hyphy’

For Gutta Butta – aka north Vallejo native Essix Dixon – hyphy just means “hype.”...

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  Dec 19, 2023

It’s time to bring live hip-hop back to Vallejo

Local venues and police pressure have largely deplatformed the city’s main cultural export....

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  Oct 21, 2023

Vallejo honors E-40 with street renaming, key to city

The city added signs underneath existing signage for nearly a mile of Magazine Street, designating it E-40 Way....

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  Jul 26, 2023

Vallejo to name street in honor of E-40

'E-40 Way' will run for nearly a mile of Magazine Street....

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  Mar 14, 2023

Saturday nights on Ozcat radio, Vallejo hip-hop artists tell stories of struggle and perseverance

Marcel “DJ Flashback” Jones launched the “Underground Slapz'' show on Ozcat radio in 2012....

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  Jan 24, 2023

Grassroots Vallejo radio station promotes local talent

Ozcat radio was launched as a pirate station in 2006....

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  Oct 20, 2022

Vallejo rapper LaRussell makes Momo’s Café ‘pay what you want’ through end of year

Starting on Oct. 24 and continuing through the end of the year LaRussell will cover the costs for the restaurant....

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  May 12, 2022

The Vallejo police war on rap music

Policing and protests have helped shape the rich music scene in Vallejo. But rap musicians are frequent targets of police....

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  Nov 23, 2021

Three men accused of robbing retired captain charged with murder of Vallejo rapper

The three men are charged with the murder under the provocative act doctrine....

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  Oct 22, 2021

Vallejo rapper Lil Theze reportedly killed by retired officer in Oakland

Lil Theze was allegedly involved in a robbery at a gas station at the corner of 17th and Castro Streets in Oakland on Thursday....

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  Sep 22, 2021

Feds use rap video to argue Vallejo shooting suspect is affiliated with Irish Mafia

The video, prosecutors said, contained several symbols used by Irish Mafia members such as green handkerchiefs with clover print as well as Matt Donohue’s prominent FAIM tattoos....

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