West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music that originates in the Western United States region of the United States. The gangsta rap subgenre of West Coast hip hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of Suge Knight's Death Row Records.

Famous performers

 * 2Pac
 * Big Syke
 * Black Eyed Peas
 * Chief Hype
 * Coolio
 * Cypress Hill
 * Dr. Dre
 * Eazy-E
 * E-40
 * Eminem
 * The Game
 * Ice Cube
 * Ice-T
 * Jay Rock
 * Kendrick Lamar
 * Kurupt
 * Mack 10
 * MC Eiht
 * MC Ren
 * Nate Dogg
 * N.W.A.
 * Outlawz
 * Rappin' 4-Tay
 * Schoolboy Q
 * Snoop Dogg
 * Too $hort
 * Tyga
 * Xzibit