WCS Classic Series: DJ Pooh gives us a rare in-depth and exclusive interview
Two years ago our own Styles spent over an hour on the phone with one of the main architects of West Coast hip-hop, DJ Pooh. From his days as a DJ for the infamous Uncle Jamm’s Army to producing for LL Cool J with the LA Posse to bringing forth artists like the legendary King […]
Glasses Malone & The L.A. Giantz premiere new video, “Torah”
Glasses Malone just premiered a brand new video from his highly acclaimed Cancel Deeez Nutz album. Borrowing from the movie Friday (including the annoying morning door knocking missionary 😂), Glasses Malone brings his pals, The L.A. Giantz, along for the party in this Ervin “EP” Pope produced track that remakes the classic “Saturday Love” by […]
Happy Birthday to West Coast legend DJ Pooh
Our good friend DJ Pooh celebrates another trip around the Sun today (June 29). The producing legend is also widely known as Redd from the movie Friday (infamously punched by Debo over a bike). WCS previously conducted a classic interview with DJ Pooh that you can listen to below. Happy Birthday, legend!
L.A. Giantz Recreate “Friday” For Video To DJ Battlecat Co-produced jam “Bad Bad”
Deuce Mac and Joey WestSide, the L.A. Giantz pay homage to Craig and Smokey and the movie Friday for the video to their hot new jam “Bad Bad”. Produced by Trio Cliqq and the legendary DJ Battlecat, “Bad Bad” is that Summertime funk that West Coast fans are looking for. Watch the funny video below. […]
DJ Pooh shares BTS clip of “Friday” on movie’s 27th anniversary
Today marks the 27th anniversary of the iconic movie Friday, written by DJ Pooh and Ice Cube. The movie sparked two sequels and rumors of a 4th have been hovering for years, including a recent rant by Ice Cube against Warner Bros. That aside, DJ Pooh has taken to Twitter to celebrate the release of […]
Ice Cube Honors the late AJ Johnson
We all woke up to the sad news this morning about the death of comedian/actor AJ Johnson. The 56 year old actor was found unresponsive in a store earlier this month and was pronounced dead according to his nephew. No other cause of death has been revealed at this time. Johnson was best known for […]
WCS Exclusive: DJ Pooh Discusses Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, LL Cool J, Friday Movie, GTA Games & More
The legendary DJ Pooh checked into WestCoastStyles.com for an epic and one-of-a-kind interview where we discuss everything from his early days with Uncle Jamms Army and learning how to make beats with Dr. Dre, to producing for greats such as King T, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, to the new Mt. Westmore album […]
Ice Cube Calling Out Warner Bros. Over Not Making More ‘Friday’ Movies
Ice Cube has been taking Warner Brothers to task over the last few weeks for not making more Friday movies, and has started a #FreeFriday campaign to bring more attention to the issue. For some reason, WB is refusing to make another Friday sequel to the popular movie franchise. So, Ice Cube took to calling the company out on social media. One […]