History of the Bay

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Kreayshawn Tells Her Life Story & Crazy Experience In The Music Industry Oct 14, 2026

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Kreayshawn is an artist from Oakland who started off as a music video director while dropping music online. Her single and music video "Gucci Gucci" blew up overnight and led to a major label deal. But Kreayshawn had a negative experience with the label that led her to leave music behind. She eventually found her way back as a DJ and curating her own online community and has returned to performing and releasing music on her own terms.

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0:00 Intro

1:10 Growing up in the SF punk scene

6:27 Moving to Oakland

9:19 Youth art programs

12:53 Favorite Bay Area artists

16:26 Directing music videos

25:39 Early music

32:33 Gucci Gucci

40:00 Major labels

49:00 White Girl Mobb controversy

53:23 Rick Ross

56:42 Red Hot Chili Peppers

58:19 Getting dropped by the label

1:03:29 Ghost51 & graffiti

1:08:43 Back to music

1:13:29 Social media

Romper Room Crew Talk Mac Dre, Bank Robberies & Federal Prison Oct 07, 2026

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Dregs One talks with Big Dant, Homeboy Jay (first interview) and Kilo Curt of the infamous Romper Room Crew. They talk about coming up with Mac Dre, the first bank robberies, their federal cases and time in prison.--Full episode on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dregsone--History of the Bay Playlist: https://fanlink.tv/historyofthebay-playlistOnline Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuCcJlRb8ImMc5haZHXF?si=poJT0BYUS-qCfpEzAX7mlAInstagram: https://instagram.com/dregs_oneTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@dregs_oneTwitter: https://twitter.com/dregs_oneFacebook: https://facebook.com/dregsone415

Life In The Crestside: Mac Dre's Infamous Hood Oct 06, 2026

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Dregs One talks with Shigady of the Crest Creepaz and Orlando of the Boys & Girls Empowerment Group about the Crest's infamous history, Mac Dre, and challenges for kids growing up in the hood.--Full episode on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dregsone--History of the Bay Playlist: https://fanlink.tv/historyofthebay-playlistOnline Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuCcJlRb8ImMc5haZHXF?si=poJT0BYUS-qCfpEzAX7mlAInstagram: https://instagram.com/dregs_oneTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@dregs_oneTwitter: https://twitter.com/dregs_oneFacebook: https://facebook.com/dregsone415

Sumthin Terrible (Bonus Episode) Oct 01, 2026

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Stupid Swoop and Noon of Sumthin Terrible join Dregs One & History of the Bay to talk about Sacramento's Bay Area connections, being signed to Mac Dre, Thizz and the Hyphy movement, and more.

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Tone Capone: The Legendary Producer's Life Story & Greatest Hits Sep 24, 2026

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Tone Capone, possibly the Bay Area's greatest producer, sadly passed away this month. This video reviews his story and his greatest hits including "I Got 5 On It," "Keep It On The Real" and "It's Going Down", plus his work with Luniz, Scarface, E-40, Mac Dre, and many more.

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00:00 Intro

01:12 Early music

02:35 3xKrazy

04:36 I Got 5 On It

07:40 It’s Going Down

08:41 Scarface

10:41 Mac Dre & other production

11:41 Tone Capone’s legacy

DB Tha General 2.0: Mac Blast, Welcome To The Navy, Youth Uprising Stories Sep 23, 2026

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DB Tha General returns to the History of the Bay Podcast to talk about his recent viral Pokemon outfit, dealing with online trolls, and some rare stories from his early days in music.

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00:00 Pokemon

07:23 Internet trolls

22:23 Still in Oakland

28:14 2pac, Keefe D

35:53 How DB started rapping

41:34 Youth Uprising, Welcome To The Navy

44:40 Mac Blast

44:17 “The Intro”

44:38 Fight at the Oakland Marriott Mac

Sunnydale OG L-Chedda On Turf Wars, SF Rap Origins, TearItOff Sep 08, 2026

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L-Chedda is one of the original rappers from Sunnydale, one of San Francisco’s most notorious projects. He saw the rise of hip-hop in the city, as well as the turf wars and the crack epidemic. Cheddar flipped street money to co-found Butt Naked Records and put out groups from his hood like Down N Dirty Hustlas and Ghetto Soldiers. He caught an out-of-state case in 2006 which resulted in a 6-year prison sentence. Since coming home, Chedda has focused on legitimate careers, pushing his music catalogue, and mentoring the new generation of youth in Sunnydale.

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00:00 Growing up in SF

05:27 Moving to Sunnydale

15:37 Crack era

21:29 Hip-hop in SF

30:35 Peter Lee

37:20 Trying to make peace

41:39 Turf wars

49:32 2pac, Black C

54:41 Butt Naked Records

1:02:52 Cougnut

1:04:21 Hustlin over music

1:07:18 Solo album

1:12:59 34 Village

1:18:50 Catching a case

1:26:57 Getting back to music

1:33:28 New Sunnydale rappers

NYC to SF with CYCLE IMOK Aug 27, 2026

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Cycle has been putting it down in the graffiti world from Connecticut, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, and back. He got into the skating culture of the 80's before entering the graffiti scene of the tristate area. From there, Cycle's studies as an art student took him to different cities and he continued painting wherever he went. Eventually returning to NYC, he now focuses on his art career but still maintains a passion for his graffiti roots.

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0:00 Connecticut

4:20 Skating

9:45 Getting into graffiti

21:23 IMOK crew

24:11 Washington DC

37:48 Baltimore

39:23 Moving to SF

54:11 BA crew

59:35 Tie

1:07:13 Art school

1:17:16 Smith

1:22:57 Legal art world

NEON Shares 40 Years Of SF Graffiti History & Photos Aug 05, 2026

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Neon is one of the most respected graffiti writers from San Francisco. He came up inspired by the masterpieces of the 1980s and started pushing his own new wave style. Neon is a founding member of BA crew, and built bridges between Bay Area locals and writers from around the world. He is responsible for building the original Montana spray paint brand and was its first US distributor. This is a great conversation with dozens of photos from Neon's personal conversation.

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00:00 Growing up in SF

07:29 Intro to graff

16:13 Cholo writing

18:47 First tags

25:27 Late 80s graffiti

41:09 First pieces

57:08 Fights, chases, & racking

1:01:18 Painting around the Bay

1:09:38 BA Crew

1:22:09 Converse commercial

1:26:18 Misk & Apex

1:37:31 Distributing MTN paint

1:53:57 Splitting with MTN

30 Years Of Graffiti In SF's Mission District: Precita Eyes Jul 22, 2026

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For 30 years, the Precita Eyes Urban Youth Arts Festival has held down the graffiti community in San Francisco's Mission district. In this panel discussion recorded at the festival's 30th anniversary, we bring together voices who helped shape that history: Susan Cervantes, founder of Precita Eyes Muralists; Omen2, Nate1 and Flame of MPC Crew; Agana of TDK crew; and host Dregs One.

Videography by Vivid KZ @avividlife

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0:00 Susan Cervantes

6:52 Klame

11:43 Agana

14:31 Nate1

16:55 Omen

21:34 Community service

25:53 Building towards the future