- Dr. Dre
André Romell Young, better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. Young is a significant figure in the development of rap music. He was a founding member of the influential rap group N.W.A., … - Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr., better known professionally as Snoop Dogg and previously Snoop Doggy Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of producer Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. His catch phrase is widely known as "fo' shizzle, ma nizzle", meaning, "for sure, my nigga". - The Game
Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29 1979 in Los Angeles, California), known by his stage name The Game, is an American rapper signed to Geffen Records. The Game rose to fame in 2005 following the success of his debut album, "The Documentary" and his two Grammy nominations. Since then, The Game is considered to be a driving force in bringing back the West Coast hip hop scene and competing with many of his East Coast counterparts. - Warren G
Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970 in Long Beach, California) better known as Warren G, is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. His biggest hit was the single "Regulate" with Nate Dogg released in 1994. The single was a g-funk track like most of Warren G's productions. He is the step-brother of successful record producer Dr. Dre. - Dj Quik
David Martin Blake (born January 18, 1970), better known as by his stage name DJ Quik, or as of 2007 simply Quik, is a West Coast rapper and record producer from Compton, California. - The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a gangster in the 1975 film "Let's Do It Again"), Big Poppa, Frank White (from the film "King of New York"), and his primary stage name, The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game), was an American rapper and hip hop artist. - Daz Dillinger
Daz Dillinger (born Delmar Arnaud on May 25 1973 in Long Beach, California), is an American hip hop producer and rapper mostly known for his work with Death Row Records at the height of West Coast rap's popularity. - Spice 1
Spice 1 (born Robert L. Green, Jr. in Corsicana, Texas), is a West Coast rapper raised in Hayward, California. He was first discovered by rapper Too $hort. His first album, Let It Be Known, was not well-known or widely released, and included seven old-school style tracks. His second album, widely considered as his debut, was a very vivid and fatalistic Gangsta rap album, and his angry, edgy, … - Mc Eiht
Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1967 in Compton, California) is an American gangsta rapper better known by his stage name MC Eiht. Eiht grew to fame on the West coast as one of two MCs in the four-man crew, Compton's Most Wanted. After enjoying increasing success with the group, which peaked with 1992's "Music to Driveby", Eiht took a role in the hit movie Menace II Society as well as a high-profile spot on the soundtrack. - Defari
D.A. Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Defari, is a West Coast hip hop artist. He is in the Likwit Junkies, a rap duo with DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples. He was born at UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles, California, and later attended the University of California, Berkeley. He began DJing as a young kid in 1982. He was more focused on emceeing, and by 1995, released his first single "Bionic" on Oakland based ABB Records. - King Tee
King Tee, also spelled King T, (born Roger McBride in Compton, California), is an American West coast rapper from Compton, California. - Glasses Malone
Glasses Malone or G. Malone for short, (born in 1979) is a West Coast rapper and known Crip from the Watts District of Los Angeles, California. Traditionally associated with The Black Wall Street Records despite the fact that most the artist on the record label were Bloods, Malone signed with Sony Records for 1.7 million dollars in 2005, turning down offers from many labels like, Def Jam Records, Interscope Records, J Records, Black Wall Street Records, … - Mac Mall
Mac Mall, (born Jamal Rocker in Vallejo, California) is a West Coast rapper who became known in the mid/late 90's, as one of the local artists bringing the Bay Area on the hip hop map. He collaborated with many other rappers from the West Coast such as Ray Luv, Mac Dre, E-40, Dubee, Young Lay, Big Syke, Killa Tay, Yukmouth,Mc Hammer, and the late 2Pac. He also did collaborations with Bay Area producers such as Rick Rock, Ant Banks, Mike Mosley and Khayree. - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Anthony Ray (born August 12 1963), known as Sir Mix-a-Lot, is a Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer, originally from Seattle, Washington, USA. - Ant Banks
Ant Banks is a rapper and producer for various West Coast hip hop artists, particularly in the Bay Area. His collaboration with Too $hort led him to begin producing records of his own. He has produced songs for MC Ren among others. In 1993, he engaged in a beef with Oakland rapper Pooh-Man. Produced songs for The Dangerous Crew. In 1999 Banks launched his project group T.W.D.Y. (The Whole Damn Yay). Rappin' 4-Tay and Captain Save'm were the original members. - Guerilla Black
Guerilla Black (born in 1977 in Chicago, Illinois as Charles Tony Williamson) is a West Coast rapper from Compton, California. He released his first album, "Guerilla City" in 2004. Black has been noted (and criticised) for his similar appearance and rapping as The Notorious B.I.G. In August 2006, Black released a new track entitled '400 Shotz The Funeral' the song. It is done in the same style to The Game's 300 Bars and Runnin'. - Julio G
Julio G is an influential West Coast hip hop DJ who was born and then raised in Lynwood, CA, and is credited for being responsible for the rise of gangsta rap as part of the KDAY radio station on-air talent in Los Angeles, CA. Following KDAY, he was a DJ at 92.3 The Beat (which later moved to 100.3 before going defunct). Julio G has worked with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Soopafly several times ("Julio G's theme" and "Julio G 2001 theme"). - Sly Boogy
Sly Boogy (often misspelled "Sly Boogie") is an up and coming West Coast rap artist. In 2002 He released his solo debut "Judgment Day" under Sway & Tech's Bolo Entertainment. He received some recognition after releasing a handful of singles in 2003-2004 that got a good amount of airplay. The singles include: "California Remix," "That'z My Name," "It's Nuthin" and "If U Got Crew." In 2005, Sly Boogy released "The Fifth Letter" mixtape, … - Phil da Agony
Phil The Agony, also known as Phil Da Agony, (born Jason Smith) is a West Coast hip hop artist whose is a member of the hip hop collectives, Barbershop MC's, Strong Arm Steady and Likwit Crew. He is a well respected underground rapper who has collaborated artists as diverse Talib Kweli, Swollen Members, Raekwon, Outkast, Big Noyd, and Dilated Peoples. - Dresta
Andre Wicker (born April 18, 1971 in Compton, California), known as Gangsta Dresta or simply Dresta, is an African American West Coast rapper best known for collaborating with Eazy-E on the inflammatory hit single "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" from Eazy-E's 1993 EP "It's On (Dr. Dre) 187<sup>um</sup> Killa". He was first signed to Toenail Records with his younger brother B.G. Knocc Out, then both went to Ruthless Records with Eazy-E. - Amg
AMG (born Jason Lewis in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 1970) is a West Coast rapper from Compton, California known for the sexually explicit - albeit relatively good-natured and humorous - nature of his lyrics and best known for his songs "Bitch Betta Have My Money" and "Tha Booty Up." The British electronica group Hardknox later sampled "Bitch Betta Have My Money" on their most famous single, "Who's Money?". - Omar Cruz
"Omar Cruz" (formerly known as Blunts LLA) is a West Coast rapper. Born in Los Angeles by a Colombian father and a Mexican mother, Omar initially used the nickname Blunts and added LLA to stand for "Latin Lyrical Assassin." Currently, he has released two mixtapes entitled "City of Gods" and "Blow", the latter of which caught the attention of Interscope Records, leading to a signing of Cruz's independent label, BYI Entertainment, … - Junior Reid
Junior Reid (born Delroy Reid on June 3, 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician that is best known for the song "One Blood", as well as being the man that replaced Michael Rose as lead vocalist for Black Uhuru. - Wc
William L. Calhoun, Jr. (born in 1970), better known as WC (pronounced "Dub-C"), is an African American West Coast rapper who was born in Texas, but moved to Los Angeles at an early age. Known for his long braided goatee, sharp lyricism, and c-walking, WC has been a staple in West Coast gangsta rap since the early 1990s. - Luni Coleone
Luni Coleone (born Monterrio Williams in 1978) is a West Coast rapper who began his musical career on the streets of Sacramento, California. He began his career under the alias of Lunasicc, but changed his name to Luni Coleone in 2000. His first album was "Mr. Lunasicc", which was released in 1997. His newest album is "Global Recall", which was released January 17, 2006. Some of Coleone's most famous ballads include "All I Wanna Do", … - Emcee Lynx
Emcee Lynx is an anarchist hip hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area in California who has achieved significant popularity and name-recognition in the West Coast hip hop and underground hip hop scenes and among anarchists and other radicals around the world. - Hot Dollar
Hot Dollar is a West Coast rapper from Compton, California. He is best known for his song " Two Steppin"which samples 2pac's "All Eyez On Me". - Slow Pain
Slow Pain is a chicano rapper born in Pico Rivera, CA. In 1994 he released a bootleg tape of his upcoming album off of Thump Records called "The Baby O.G.". Slow Pain is known for his G-funk beats, and mostly raps in English. Slow Pain's style is based on a rough style and this Pico Rivera native is well known for hit songs "Lex's & Hoes", "Wicked Ass Funk", "Bump Dat Ass", "Rollers Only (Latin Rollers)", … - Manafest
Chris Greenwood (best known as Manafest) is a Christian rapper from Toronto Ontario Canada. He is also a skater, which led to his career in hip hop; after an accident in 1998, he took time to focus on rap and was noticed by Trevor McNevan of Ontario-based band Thousand Foot Krutch. This led to his signing to an internationally distributed label, BEC Recordings, and debut release "Epiphany", … - Dj Mike T
DJ Mike T (born Michael Bryant) started his career as a professional DJ in the late 80's working with the underground rap group Quicksand. Soon afterwards, Mike T became acquainted with MC Eiht & Compton's Most Wanted as Quicksand and CMW both appeared on the Compton Compilation album. Although Comptons Most Wanted already had a DJ (Ant Capone), he was later fired and Mike T was asked to be the group's replacement. - Kam
Kam is an American political rapper known primarily among hip hop fans and music critics during the 1990s. Born in Los Angeles, California, he is considered an esteemed West Coast underground rapper. He is known for his Afrocentric lyrics, Nation of Islam membership and affiliation with his cousin fellow West Coast rapper Ice Cube. He is also known for his powerfully commanding baritone voice and knack for using multisyllabic rhymes. - Young Maylay
Young Maylay, Born Chris Bellard, is an American voice actor and West Coast rapper. He is most recognizable from his performance as Carl "CJ" Johnson in the 2004 video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas". Young Maylay's album "San Andreas: The Original Mixtape", inspired by his role in the game, was released on July 5 2005. - Cli-N-Tel
Cli-N-Tel (born Marquette Hawkins) is a D.J./rapper hailing from Compton, California. Most noted for joining the World Class Wreckin' Cru (1983-1985) and his contribution for the break-through West Coast electro hop records "Surgery" and "Juice". Shortly after leaving the Cru, Cli-N-Tel released another well-regarded electro record titled "2030" on Unknown DJ's Techno Hop label in 1986. - Roscoe
Roscoe (born David Williams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a West Coast rapper from Hawthorne, California. He is also a younger brother of Tha Dogg Pound member Kurupt young gotti. Roscoe started his career going to the studio with his former Death Row artist Kurupt at the age of 10. A native of Philadelphia, Roscoe flew to California to watch his brother lay down tracks for tha Dogg Pound's debut record. - Eastwood
Eastwood is a West Coast rapper that was born in East L.A. and raised in Inglewood, California (his name is a combination of the two places). After leaving Death Row Records without making a single album in 2004 he joined The Game's Black Wall Street label. Eastwood has appeared in multiple tracks dissing 50 Cent and hip hop group G-Unit with The Game. Eastwood left The Black Wall Street Records in 2006 and signed to Jaded Entertainment. - Tash
Rico Smith, better known by his stage name Tash, is an American rapper. He is most known for his work as a member of West Coast hip hop group, Tha Alkaholiks alongside J-Ro and E-Swift. He has only released one solo album, "Rap Life", but has worked on five albums with Tha Alkaholiks. - Paperboy
Paperboy (born Mitchell Johnson in Compton, California) is a 1990s rapper best known for single "Ditty", which sampled Zapp's R&B classic "Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)" and became a hit after being remixed by DJ/Producer Ben Liebrand. In 1993 he released the album "The Nine Yards" which contained 10 tracks, including the platinum certified single "Ditty". - Seagram Miller
Seagram Miller was a West Coast gangsta rapper from Oakland, California. He was the first West Coast rapper to be signed to Houston-based Rap-A-Lot Records. His lyrics were violent but rather intelligent and vivid depictions of gangsta lifestyle given in explicit detail. Seagram released 3 albums in his lifetime. The hard-edged and violent "The Dark Roads" and the more typically laid-back west coast style "Reality Check". - Ahmad
Ahmad Ali Lewis, is a West Coast hip hop performer. Credited simply as Ahmad or Ahmad Jones (he is a part of the 4th Avenue Jones crew), he is best known for his hit single, 1994's "Back in the Day", a nostalgic song that has become somewhat of a clichéd signifier for nostalgia in hip-hop culture. - J-Vibe
J-vibe (born Jose Jimenez Jr in East Los Angeles, California) is a composer and record producer that is known for his prolific original compositions. He is an important part of the underground West Coast rap and dance scene. He has also been a computer software programmer since he was 13 years old. J-vibe's ability to compose music in a large range of styles is one of his best known traits.
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