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West Coast hip hop
Stylistic origins	Dancehall R&B Reggae Disco Funk
Cultural origins	Mid-1980s, California, United States
Typical instruments	Prominent Bass - rapping - drum machine - Sampler - synthesizer
Derivative forms	Hyphy
Subgenres
Underground hip hop - Electro hop - Gangsta rap - G-funk - Chicano rap - Mobb music - Nerdcore hip hop (complete list)
Regional scenes
Los Angeles - Bay Area - Sacramento - San Diego - Fresno - Nevada - Phoenix - Seattle - Portland - Denver
Other topics
Crips - Bloods

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 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. The release of Dr. Dre's The Chronic had led to the peak of West Coast hip hop.

West Coast hip hop record labels

Ruthless Records founded by Eazy-E in 1987
Death Row Records founded by Suge Knight in 1991
Da Lench Mob Productions founded by Ice Cube in 1994
Doggystyle Records founded by Snoop Dogg in 1995
Open Bar Entertainment founded by Xzibit in 1995
Aftermath Entertainment founded by Dr. Dre in 1996
Hoo-Bangin' Records founded by Mack 10 in 1996
Thizz Entertainment founded by Mac Dre in 1996
Amaru Entertainment founded by Afeni Shakur in 1997
Antra Records founded by Kurupt in 1998
The Black Wall Street Records founded by The Game and Big Fase 100 in 2004
West Coast Mafia Records founded by C-Bo in 1998
Gangsta Advisory Records founded by Daz Dillinger in 2000
D.P.G. Recordz founded by Daz Dillinger in 2000
Madesicc Muzicc founded by Brotha Lynch Hung in 2003
Bloc Star Records founded by X-Raided in 2005
Bigg Swang Records founded by WC in 2003

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Hip-hop

Culture

History

Subgenres

General	Alternative Hipster hop Boom bap Bounce British Road rap Chipmunk soul Chopped and screwed Chopper Cloud rap Comedy Crunk Crunkcore East Coast Freestyle rap Hyphy Jerkin' Instrumental Latin Chicano rap Lofi Lowend Miami bass Mumble rap Nerdcore Chap hop Political Conscious Progressive rap Religious Christian Jewish Snap music Southern Turntablism Underground
Hardcore	Dirty rap Gangsta rap Mafioso rap G-funk Horrorcore Memphis rap
Trap music	Afro trap Drill Brooklyn drill Jersey drill Sample drill UK drill Latin trap Phonk Plugg Rage Tread UK trap

Fusion genres

General	Country rap Electro Emo rap Hip-hop soul Hip house Industrial Jazz rap New jack swing Pop rap Psychedelic rap Punk rap Ragga Rap opera Rap rock Trip hop
Rap metal	Trap metal Nu metal
Regional	Afroswing Bongo Flava Boomba music Cumbia rap Genge Hip-hop galsen Hipco Hiplife Igbo rap Kwaito Low bap Motswako Nā mele paleoleo Nuyorican rap Romani hip-hop Songo-salsa Scam rap Stronda Urban Pasifika Vigilante rap Zenji flava

Derivatives

Electronic	Breakbeat Baltimore club Florida breaks Ghetto house Ghettotech Glitch hop Grime Illbient Freestyle Wonky
Other	Funk carioca Reggaeton Alternative reggaeton

Regional scenes

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Middle Eastern	Arabic Egyptian Iranian Israeli Lebanese Palestinian Saudi Arabian Tunisian Turkish Yemeni
North American	United States: East Coast Baltimore New Jersey New York City Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Midwestern Chicago Detroit Minneapolis/St. Paul Milwaukee Omaha Southern Atlanta Memphis Miami West Coast Northwest Alaska Asian American Latin Native American Outside the US: Canadian Cuban Dominican Haitian Mexican Salvadoran
Oceanian	Australian New Zealand Samoan
South American	Brazilian Brasília Chilean Colombian