Much has been made over hip-hop’s supposed decline in 2023, but if you look past what we conventionally define as “rap,” the genre’s influence is all over the charts. Nowhere is that more evident than ...

Rising rapper Lefty SM, who had been creating a serious buzz in his home country of Mexico, was shot and killed. He was 31 years old. The tragic demise of Lefty SM, also known as Juan Carlos Sauceda, ...

Lefty, who’s been gaining serious buzz after his feature on Kendrick Lamar’s GNX album, was taken into custody by Baldwin Park Police. While details on why exactly he was arrested aren’t clear, online ...

West Coast hip-hop has found its newest torchbearer in Lefty Gunplay, whose meteoric rise from obscurity to industry recognition reads like a modern-day success story written in verses and beats. The ...