Celebrate 50 years of hip-hop at a free concert. Immerse yourself in mid-20th century exotica culture at the three-day Exotikon. Watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Root for your favorite Rover at the Incredible Dog Challenge.
Hip-hop pioneers Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, E-40 and Too Short have nothing left to prove.
In Los Angeles, Ice Cube sparked the rise of gangsta rap as part of N.W.A in the late '80s, before Snoop Dogg brok.