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 drawn to.

The focus was on the hyphy movement that emerged out of Oakland in the 1990s, and the influence it eventually had on the music scene and community as it spread across the Bay Area and then the country during the 2000s and 2010s. READ MORE