West coast

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West Coast Hip Hop


Although people agreed that Hip Hop got its name in New York, a lot of people say that the East coast hip hop culture emerged in the West coast in Los Angeles and San Francisco. West Coast Hip Hop started dominating the sales and the radio play in the 1990s. This came after the emergence of Suge Knight and Dr.Dre who were the founders of Death Row records.

The West coast rappers in my opinion are a lot bigger and better than the East coast rappers. The West coast has rappers such as Tupac Shakur, who is arguable the best Hip Hop artist of all time, Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube. The N.W.A was a group made up of a few rappers such as Ice cube, Eazy E, Dr.Dre, Yella and Mc Ren. Their album Straight Outta Compton changed the hip hop style. They rapped about the corruption against the African American community.
https://www.discogs.com/NWA-Straight-Outta-Compton/release/6869369 

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