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West Coast hip hop
Stylistic originsDancehall
R&B
Reggae
Disco
Funk
Cultural originsMid-1980s, California, United States
Typical instrumentsProminent Bass - rapping - drum machine - Sampler - synthesizer
Derivative formsHyphy
Subgenres
Underground hip hop - Electro hop - Gangsta rap - G-funk - Chicano rap
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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. Pioneers of the genre include Ice T, Too Short 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.

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