REGARDLESS OF WHAT SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID IN THE INDUSTRY, HYPHY IS NOT DEAD. REMEMBER IT IS A LIFESTYLE! SO UNLESS HALF THE BAYS YOUTH AND ELDERS HAVE CHANGED THEY'RE LIFESTYLE, IN WHICH I KNOW THEY HAVE'NT, HYPHY AINT DEAD! MOST OF THE BAY AREA'S AND ALL OF SACRAMENTO'S ARTISTS DON'T WANT TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES AS A HYPHY RAPPER, BUT ALL WILL CALL THEMSELVES HYPHY IF MTV OR BET SAID THEY WERE. SO BE PROUD OF OUR CULTURE AND ITS HYPE. YES WE IN THE BAY DO SET TRENDS EVERY OTHER DAY BUT WE MUST PROTECT OUR BIGGEST ASSETS, WHICH THIS HYPHY MOVEMENT IS..SAME WITH OUR MOB ROOTS. I BELIEVE L.A RAP STARTED GANGSTA MUSIC BUT WE (THE BAY AND SAC) PERFECTED IT. BUT A TRUE ARTIST CAN GET DOWN ON ANY BEAT, LOOK AT E-40...WE MIGHT NOT LIKE THE BEATS HE CHOOSES BUT WE SURE DO LOVE WHAT HE SAYS! ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY THIS MOVEMENT IS OVER IN SOME MINDS IS BECAUSE THE FEDERATION HAVE'NT DROPPED, KEAK DA SNEAK AINT DROPPED, NO HYPHY MUSIC IS COMING OUT IN A MAJOR WAY. I SAY EVERYONE EXPLORE OTHER SOUNDS, OTHER PRODUCERS, OTHER ARTISTS..A DIFFERENT SOUND IS WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, THE NEXT BIG THING! WELL I SAID ENOUGH...