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Find sources: "List of West Coast hip hop artists" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(June 2015)(Learn how and when to remove this message) The rappers are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"). This list only includes artists that have a Wikipedia page.
West Coast hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States.West Coast hip hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early to-mid 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of record labels such as Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records ...
The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry was a dispute between artists and fans of the East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop scenes in the United States, especially from the mid-1990s. [ 1] A focal point of the rivalry was the feud between East Coast–based rapper the Notorious B.I.G. signed by Puff Daddy and their New York City ...
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper from Compton, California. Regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, and one of the greatest rappers of all time, he is known for his technical artistry and complex songwriting. He was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first ...
Cypress Hill. Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California, formed in 1988. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and they have obtained multi-platinum and platinum certifications. The group has been critically acclaimed for their first five albums. [ 8]
This is a list of notable West Coast hip hop music record labels . Rappers Rapp Records founded by Duffy Hooks III & Jerry Hooks Sr. in 1981. Ruthless Records founded by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller in 1986. Sick Wid It Records founded by E-40 in 1989. Lench Mob Records founded by Ice Cube in 1990.
South Central Cartel. South Central Cartel performing at Petit Bain in Paris in 2014. South Central Cartel is an American West Coast hip hop / gangsta rap group based in Los Angeles, California. [1]
Rating. Los Angeles Times. [ 1] " We're All in the Same Gang " is a hip hop song by a collaboration of prominent American West Coast hip hop recording artists under the West Coast Rap All-Stars umbrella, who assembled to promote an anti-violence message. It was released on May 22, 1990 through Warner Bros. Records as the lead single and a title ...