West Coast hip-hop

Summary

West Coast hip-hop is a music genre^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• West Coast hip-hop's image is recorded as Kendrick Lamar @ Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg (9498448120) (cropped).jpg^[3].
• West Coast hip-hop's instance of is recorded as music genre^[4].
• West Coast hip-hop's instance of is recorded as musical scene^[5].
• West Coast hip-hop's subclass of is recorded as American hip-hop^[6].
• West Coast hip-hop's country of origin is recorded as United States^[7].
• +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Coast hip-hop^[8].
• West Coast hip-hop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016_rm^[9].
• West Coast hip-hop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Coast hip-hop^[10].
• West Coast hip-hop's Quora topic ID is recorded as West-Coast-Hip-Hop^[11].
• West Coast hip-hop's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as 149a3524-0fd3-4bdc-9876-0361dfee8908^[12].
• West Coast hip-hop's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as west-coast-hip-hop^[13].
• West Coast hip-hop's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000002932^[14].
• West Coast hip-hop's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as westcoastrap^[15].
• West Coast hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1078^[16].
• West Coast hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1811^[17].
• West Coast hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 8172^[18].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for West Coast hip-hop include East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry^[19], a hip hop rivalry^[20].

Why It Matters

West Coast hip-hop ranks in the top 8% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for it include East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry^[19], a hip hop rivalry^[20].