Eastside, Long Beach, California
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There are two very different "Eastsides" in Long Beach. The traditional Eastside is on the east side of the city. The boundaries are (roughly) Carson St. (N), Interstate 605 (San Gabriel Freeway) (E), Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway) (S), and Lakewood Boulevard (W).
[edit] Eastside of Long Beach
The second Eastside is an area on the east side of the Los Angeles River (closer to the center of Long Beach) and is associated with a number of Long Beach rap artists, such as Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Likwid E, Bad Azz, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Crooked I, Soopafly, Techniec and RBX . Snoop Dogg went to Polytechnic High School The boundaries for this second Eastside are (very roughly) Willow Ave. and the Signal Hill city limits (N), Redondo Ave. (E), Seventh St. (S), and the Los Angeles River (W).
Rappers Snoop Dogg, Warren G, and Nate Dogg, as well as Snoop Dogg's Tha Eastsidaz, are all from EastSide Long Beach. The VIP Records store which has been featured in music videos by Snoop Dogg and other rap music artists is at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Eastside Long Beach.
[edit] The traditional Eastside
Eastside Long Beach is a large area of Long Beach that is west of Interstate 605 (San Gabriel Freeway) and north of Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway). The large El Dorado Park (which includes a golf course and nature center) forms the eastern boundary, and the city of Lakewood and Heartwell Park is to the north. Lakewood Boulevard and the Long Beach Municipal Airport form the western boundary.
Millikan High School, part of the Long Beach Unified School District, is at the Palo Verde Avenue and Spring Street.
