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| West Coast hip hop | |
| Stylistic origins | |
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| Cultural origins |
Mid-1980s, California, United States
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| Typical instruments | |
| Mainstream popularity | Popular throughout the early-to-mid 1990s, declined during the remainder of the decade up to the 2000s with a small degree of mainstream exposure |
| Derivative forms | Hyphy |
| Subgenres | |
| Underground hip hop - Electro hop - Gangsta rap - G-funk - Chicano rap | |
West Coast hip hop is a style of hip hop music that originated in California in the early 1980s.[citation needed] It has since grown into a sub-genre of hip hop and has developed several creative centers.
The controversial 1988 album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A prompted a letter from the FBI in 1989.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Boucher, Geoff (2008-08-16). "Rapper Ice Cube talks about the 20th anniversary of N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton"". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-compton16-2008aug16,0,4400312.story. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
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