Rapper YG gets reflective in the latest cover story for the FADER magazine’s year-end issue. In the interview, the Def Jam artist discusses a variety of topics, including how gangs and his own life ...

For the majority of YG‘s minor key concept album (and major label debut), My Krazy Life, the Compton rapper concerns himself with what is, well, right there in front of him. “I woke up this morning/ I ...

In the early hours of Jan. 24, the rapper YG was at home with his family in Chatsworth when L.A. County sheriff’s deputies banged on his door, guns out. The Compton-raised MC was scheduled to perform ...

In a real-life case of an episode of Love & Hip Hop: New York, rapper YG, 29, and R&B singer Kehlani, 24, confirmed their romance while attending a New York Fashion Week event on Sept. 5. The two were ...

When YG first emerged on the scene five albums ago, certain elements of his artistry were more rough around the edges than many rap purists would have liked. But it wasn’t his gift for wordplay or ...

Pop stardom hasn’t softened YG. That’s the message this hard-nosed Compton rapper presents on his third studio album, “Stay Dangerous.” Released Friday, it’s the follow-up to 2016’s acclaimed “Still ...

YG has been hard at work on his upcoming album for the past much of 2020, one that will be the follow up to 2019’s 4Real 4Real. The rapper revealed his fifth album would be titled Laugh Now Kry Later ...

How the death of YG's close friend and collaborator Nipsey Hussle changed the course of his upcoming album. By Paul A. Thompson Inside this recording studio in Burbank, Calif., an extra-wide TV screen ...