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Hip hop music and hip hop culture is widely considered to have originated on the East Coast of the United States in New York City. [4] [5] [6] As a result, New York rappers were often perceived as feeling their hip hop scene was superior to other regional hip hop cultures whereas those on the West Coast of the United States had developed an inferiority complex.
Pages in category "East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West Coast rap rivalry.
This period from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s has been called the "golden age" of hip-hop. Although East Coast hip-hop was more popular throughout the late 1980s, N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton (released in the summer of 1988) presented the toughened sound of West Coast hip-hop, which was accompanied by gritty, street-level subject matter. [5]
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 event featured up-and-coming West Coast rappers and major Californian stars, including Dr. Dre, Jay Rock, and Tyler the Creator. Lamar closed the night with his own set, kicking it off with ...
“Rolling Loud has benefited from not being regional: they’re smart enough to know that they got to have East Coast rappers, Southern rappers, West Coast rappers,” Howard said, later adding ...
The affidavit established the "East Coast vs West Coast" rap rivalry, and the rivalry between "Biggie Smalls," who used Compton "Southside Crips" as security, and Suge Knight and Tupac, who used Compton Mob Piru as security. He was quoted in a September 7, 2002 article in the Los Angeles Times [10]