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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, most of which are in African American communities in California. Pioneers of the genre include Ice T, Too Short and especially N.W.A,^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Golden age hip hop
• List of West Coast hip hop artists

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• West Coast Rap Album Reviews
• Donmega.com West Coast Rap News & Info
• dubcnn.com West Coast News Network
• Westcoastpioneers - Informations about the early years of West Coast Rap
• West Coast News Network
• westcoast2k.net West Coast News Network