Tupac Shakur

19 May 2023

Oakland Creates Tupac Shakur Way to Honor a Legend

Tupac Shakur Way is Oakland’s newest street. With a unanimous vote this past Tuesday, Oakland approved a commemorative plaque which will rename a stretch of McArthur after the late Shakur who passed away at just 25 years of age. The West Coast emcee claimed that Oakland was where he “learned

Katy Atchison 0
20 Aug 2021

The Bay Area’s 10 Most Famous Stoners

Northern California is historically home to the best cannabis grown in the world, and everyone knows it. But the reason everyone knows it is that Northern California has also produced the coolest cannabis superstars of pop culture and politics who spread the good word about our great weed. Let’s take a look at the Bay Area’s contribution to this, with our most famous figures from music, sports, and activism who’ve served as cannabis ambassadors for our quality Northern California kind bud.

Joe Kukura- Millionaire in Training 0
08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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12 Mar 2018

BAS Poetry: A Rose That Grew From Concrete

Broke-Ass Stuart is now accepting poetry submissions to be featured in the BAS Poetry: Arts & Culture column. Written & curated by Corinne Avganim. The first time I heard of Euclid Garden, I immediately thought about Tupac’s A Rose That Grew from Concrete. My friend works with them on a

corinne avganim - baspoetry curator 0
13 Mar 2017

A Brief History of East vs West Coast Rap

Last week March 9th, marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Notorious B.I.G. In his few short years of superstardom, Biggie left a crater-sized impact on the music industry and a cloudy legacy behind him.

Jesse McGrath 0