West Coast

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, West Coast has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Jan 2026). In the episode "The Ballad of Biggie and Tupac" on Stuff You Should Know, the West Coast concept is explored as a central focus of the East Coast versus West Coast hip-hop rivalry. The discussion highlights how artists like Tupac Shakur and Death Row Records represent the West Coast side, while noting that groups like Outcast emerged later, leading to a dilution of this rivalry.

West Coast hip-hop is a regional genre of hip-hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States. West Coast hip-hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early to-mid 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of record labels such as Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records, the continued success of Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, and many other