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Metro Silicon Valley | Picks from Cinequest’s online Cinejoy festival

Inspirations We Were Hyphy First-time director Laurence Madrigal opens his love letter to Bay Area hip hop with three distinct images:...

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...

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...

YAHOO! NEWS | Highlighting New Documentary "We Were Hyphy"

"We Were Hyphy" is a documentary taking a look at the hyphy movement in the Bay Area. KPIX 5's Gianna Franco talks to director Laurence...

THE SF 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...

HYPE MAGAZINE | ‘WE WERE HYPHY’, an Explosive Documentary About the Hyphy Movement

E WERE HYPHY announced its World Premiere as part of the prestigious Cinequest 2022 Film Festival. The music documentary captures the...

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...