This West Coast hip-hop renaissance lasted a few years, giving rise to regional giants like Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Ice-T and Snoop Dogg — “it was the golden age of hip-hop,” Williams says.

This West Coast hip-hop renaissance lasted a few years, giving rise to regional giants like Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Ice-T and Snoop Dogg — “it was the golden age of hip-hop,” Williams says.

The West Coast is in the midst of a major resurgence. So this is as good a time as any to take a look at the West’s storied hip-hop history. While many fans think of gangsta rap when the West ...

West Coast rappers the Game and Snoop Dogg appear together on the “West Coast Resurrection” March issue of XXL magazine, in celebration of the ...

The 50 Greatest West Coast Hip-Hop Artists of All Time. [Gallery above.] Watch E-40's Video for "Rapper's Ball": Watch Ice-T's Video for "Original Gangster": ...

West Coast Hip-Hop Celebrated During Awards Show Next Month. By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Category: News September 3, 2008. Rapper Snoop Dogg and well-known rap collective Above the Law ...

Los Angeles has always been more than just palm trees and Hollywood glitz — it’s the heartbeat of West Coast Hip Hop. The city’s rap scene introduced the world to g-funk, gangsta rap and ...

Sonically, producers like Marley Marl, Dr. Dre of N.W.A, P.E.’s Bomb Squad and Erick Sermon of EPMD would push hip-hop away from the digitized boom-bap that characterized mid-‘80s rap hits by ...

Hip-hop may have been born in New York City, but many regions across the U.S. and around the globe have since put their own stamp on it. Perhaps the first to do it successfully was the West Coast ...

West Coast is the best coast. With 2018 being the year hip-hop has cemented its status as the world’s most popular genre, it’s only right we pay homage to California, home to legends Tupac ...

’90s hip-hop was filled with some of the most iconic East and West Coast founding fathers like Tupac, Biggie, Nas, Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre. Trevor Anderson: ...

The West Coast is making a major comeback. Here are some bright moments from its history This is as good a time as any to take a look at the West's storied hip-hop history.