West Coast hip hop
music genre
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 major force in hip hop and has developed several creative centers. West Coast hip hop musicians include 2pac, Snoop Dogg, and Xzibit.
| West Coast hip hop | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Hip hop |
| Cultural origins | Mid-1980s, California, United States |
| Typical instruments | Bass - rapping - drum machine - sampler - synthesizer |
| Derivative forms | Hyphy |
| Subgenres | |
| Underground hip hop - Gangsta rap - G-funk - Chicano rap (complete list) | |