landmark occurred in 1981, when Duffy Hooks launched the first West Coast rap label, Rappers Rapp Records, inspired by Sugar Hill Records in New York. Its...

1988), better known by her stage name Chanel West Coast, is an American television personality, rapper, singer and actress. She came to prominence for...

West Coast hip-hop's dominance. According to AllMusic editor Steve Huey, the success of his 1994 debut album Ready to Die "reinvented East Coast rap for...

East Coast–based rapper the Notorious B.I.G. signed by Puff Daddy and their New York City–based label, Bad Boy Records, and West Coast–based rapper Tupac...

Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture and values typical of urban gangs, reality...

Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that...

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...

popularity at this time. West Coast hip hop was dominated by G-funk in the early-mid 1990s, while East Coast hip hop was dominated by jazz rap, alternative hip...

is also well known for being a member of the rap supergroup Westside Connection with West Coast rappers Ice Cube and Mack 10. William Calhoun, Jr. was...

The West Coast Hustle is an American reality television series featuring American television personality and rapper Chanel West Coast. It premiered on...

as the first Chicano rap album, and brought attention to Chicano rappers on the West Coast. Frost also established a Latin rap supergroup called Latin...

initially a largely East Coast phenomenon, by the late 1980s, hardcore rap increasingly became largely synonymous with West Coast gangsta rap, with artists like...

G-funk, short for gangsta funk, (or funk rap) is a sub-genre of gangsta rap that emerged from the West Coast scene in the early 1990s. The genre is heavily...

West Coast Rap - The First Dynasty, is a four volume album of the birth and rise of West Coast Rap. The First Dynasty series was produced and compiled...

Ivan Ramirez, better known Ramirez, (born June 28, 1994) is an American rapper and songwriter from San Francisco, California. He is a co-founder and member...

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moving from electro funk and electro rap to gangsta rap. Now a legend of West Coast rap, he worked with rapper Ice-T in the early 1980s, then with Alonzo...

West Coast Bad Boyz: High Fo Xmas is a compilation album by No Limit Records. It was released on November 8, 1994, and features hip-hop Christmas songs...

lyrics of Ronnie Hudson's "West Coast Poplock" cover at Rap Genius "West Coast Poplock" at Discogs (list of releases) West Coast Poplock by Ronnie Hudson...

The West Coast Avengers is a fictional group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appeared in The...

needed] Cloud rap pulls from a diversity of rap sounds and locales: from both the East and West Coasts and the South. In particular, cloud rap often utilizes...

is an American rapper. Born in Compton, California, he initially released a series of mixtapes under the wing of fellow West Coast rapper JT the Bigga Figga...

Dogg's West Coast supergroup The Warzone with MC Eiht and Goldie Loc. Kam and his biological younger brother, "Yung Bruh", are also a NOI-based rap group...

Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved January 28, 2023. "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2021. "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot...

Jamal, and twin brothers Taj Austin and Ras Austin (twin sons of West Coast rapper Ras Kass and R&B singer Teedra Moses). They are known for their choreography...

an "East L.A. anthem. His success brought attention to Chicano rappers on the West Coast. In 1990, A.L.T. released the album Another Latin Timebomb, featuring...

June 17, 1979), also known by his stage name Young Maylay, is an American rapper, record producer and actor based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his...

Presents... The Aftermath is a compilation album by American and West Coast rapper Dr. Dre. It was released on November 26, 1996, as the first album...

manager and businessman. He was best known for his management of West Coast rap and gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A and Eazy-E. He rose to prominence in the 1960s...

impeded by the simultaneous emergence of significantly harder-edged West Coast gangsta rap. A resurgence came about in the late 1990s and early 2000s at the...