West Coast hip hop
| West Coast hip hop |
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| Mainstream popularity |
Popular throughout the early-to-mid 1990s, declined during the remainder of the decade up to the 2000s with a small degree of mainstream exposure |
| Derivative forms |
Hyphy |
| Subgenres |
| Underground hip hop - Electro hop - Gangsta rap - G-funk - Chicano rap - Mobb music - Nerdcore hip hop |
| Regional scenes |
| Los Angeles - Bay Area - Sacramento - San Diego - Fresno - Seattle - Portland |
West Coast hip hop is a style of hip hop music that originated in California in the early 1980s. It has since grown into a sub-genre of hip hop and has developed several creative centers, most of which are in African American communities in California. Pioneers of the genre include Ice T, Too Short and especially N.W.A, whose controversial album prompted a letter from the FBI. It dominated the hip-hop air waves in the early and mid-1990s with the popularity of G-funk.
See also
- Golden age hip hop
- List of West Coast hip hop artists
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