FALLEN CITY SERIES: How Los Angeles Lost Position In Hip Hop!

[@stuntedgrowthmusic]

Does L.A have a signature sound in 2022?

[@Omari_Malik]

Yeah bro you’re ignoring Drakeo (RIP), BlueBucksClan, BabyStoneGorillas and others they’re carrying the flag.

[@flygenyus2186]

@@Omari_Malik Talk to em‼️ Greedo, DaBully & a bunch of west coast rappers i discovered on the hood vlogs channel been doing their thing. Never had to do drill or none of that goofy shit

[@isiahconrad6243]

I'd say G Perico is the sound of LA right now 🤷🏾‍♂️💯

[@flygenyus2186]

@@isiahconrad6243 that G worthy tape made me a fan

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

Yeah they still do Kendrick has an l.a style same with schoolboy q, an soul, jay rock, Yg, tyga, Tyler the creator, hopsin, kamiliya, boogie, the game

[@flygenyus2186]

As an East Coast guy I love G Funk. West coast rap in general from old to new. I love that guys like Jay worthy, Doggystyleeee, g perico, Larry June, Kamaiyah, baby stone gorrillas, Drakeo, Shoreline & etc all stay true to their sound. Never conformed to what’s trendy in mainstream rap. That’s why they get my respect

[@x_VineM_x]

💯💯💯

[@ThatBoyDarren]

I just hate all the gang politics that come wit this shit sometime. We've got a lot of great music behind gangbang culture but too many innocent lives being lost behind it as well smh.

[@thouwow4284]

Homeboy tapped in for real 💪

[@flygenyus2186]

@@thouwow4284 you already know 🤝🏾

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Can't forget Del and the Exhibit, Souls of mischief. I'm from NYC I'm 46 so I was coming up just as LA was taking over and really blowing that LA sound, I loved it BUT not as much as NYC for the most part of nly dudes that rap like new yorkers from LA are super lyric cats like Evidence, The Game, House of pain and Cypress were dope and sounded NYC. LA had some greats like the peeps we mentioned and also Ice Cube he is probably the LA Goat, if nothing else his LL Cool J like longevity.

[@colewrld901]

Nipsey was truly doing something important in terms of stopping gang violence ,so his death hit so much harder.

[@jordanflores5687]

He wasn't stopping gang violence

[@colewrld901]

@@jordanflores5687 he was making an effort too. He was bringing gang leaders and gang members together to hopefully stop the violence

[@Kkayy020]

Put some respect on YG name for still holding it down for LA he helped evolve the sound with Mustard

[@sunsetoverdrive2when321]

Underated

[@klintkuz]

Facts 💯

[@Rieky22]

Hasn’t evolved enough

[@NebraskaPoliceDepartment]

Nigga trash

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

And Kendrick

[@dopeflamingo8812]

I'm from Chicago and most of our rappers sound southern...so it's not so much LA losing its sound. It's just the south's influence is extremely heavy at the moment. Arguably the biggest influence hip-hop has ever had up to this point

[@x_VineM_x]

The south had their moment as the internet was growing, that had A LOT to do with it.

[@shawnorjiakor]

Thank you, sir. You speak a factual point. The LA sound is still there, but the influence from the south is too much.

[@elmayimbe_the_amateur_mechanic]

Chi rappers sound southern? I am from NYC all my life and my last 2 years in San Diego. None of that drill shit which I hate, sounds like the south to me.

[@shawnorjiakor]

@@elmayimbe_the_amateur_mechanic Drill do derived from Trap. Waka Flocka and Lex Luger were extremely influential to the foundation of Drill. He's right.

[@christopherrobinson1219]

Absolutely. I'm from New Orleans. I live in Alabama. Literally Mississippians migrated straight up to Chicago and other areas. Mississippians, Texans, Louisianians, all went to California. So the influence of the south is very profound. Its out mother-land

[@scifinerd17]

Vince Staples is a rapper that’s heavily slept on I feel like

[@jordanflores5687]

Kendrick actually represents exactly what most of us in l.a. are.....good kids in mad cities the majority of us aren't the hiphop cliche

[@nmarcus7233]

I agree that Kendrick is more representative of LA than he gets credit for. Stunted was right about leadership tho… Kendrick just isn’t one of those artists, he’s an introspective genius which also has its place.

[@Earl_TheSquirrel]

He's a nerd

[@Mike-uf6wf]

One of the reasons why LA lost its sound was because these days social media everyone can get anything from all places in the world in the 80’s and 90’s west coast rap and East coast rap sounded different and people from those places dressed differently because they had there own style and culture nowadays if someone from Chicago and LA can both dress the same and have the same sounding music because social media allowed people to see how other cities and places are and we can all copy and look the same now.

[@x_VineM_x]

Yep 💯

[@MultiBreezyb]

Super facts

[@majorbison4872]

LA still has it's sound..It's just outdated.

[@MrSFblack]

@@majorbison4872 Which is why it's sound is lost, many feel like that sound is obsolete. But without it, LA has no identity.

[@tjmorrs982]

@@MrSFblack you either like it or not nyc lost they sound they sound like UK

[@Grgaforniateezy]

I grew up in GA and have lived in LA since 2007. As someone who still considers myself a outsider and can tell you that LA goes by a totally different set of principles, mostly sheisty

[@constablekennedy7705]

This is a 🔥 Series and hopefully More to come ….. 💯🙏🏿. 🎤

[@KiNGRaZoR316]

It's sad to know you can't enjoy life as an artist without worrying about ppl coming for your head. That's everywhere, not just LA. You don't see dumb shit like this in other forms of entertainment. Only in Hip Hop, we can't get a break from the streetoriensed bullshit, because we still live off of the pain and excess of the street life, although Hip Hop was supposed to be the way out. It's become a trap within a trap.

[@gregorygriffin6341]

I echo your sentiments completely. Part of the purpose of choosing to do rap music is to manifest your God given talents and leave a negative life behind. I find it so sad that you cant become a rap artist today AND LIVE. So disheartening 💔😞.

[@duffman1876]

Death=213 on Gematria... what's LA'area code?? Subscribe to Call Me Kinfolk for more information,there's no truth here!😤🍻🍺

[@JADub87]

This was a really interesting video. Great job bro.

[@eugenescott559]

I treat Cali like a different Country….. stay in the tourist spots or get dropped. A low key profile is a must.

[@meechryles7072]

Lol smart man and that's coming from man was Born & raised in Cali

[@svwilliams2933]

He's not just talking about music, he's talking ignorance, hatred and a divisive black American culture in Southern California period.

[@FeR-kt1jt]

I think it’s probably the worst blk American culture since the 80s maybe. The gangbanging of L.A . Led to repercussions for not only blacks in Cali but in the whole US. It amazes me how people be 1000s of miles away in the South, yet claiming and killing over a LA street name like Hoover or Rolling 60s . One of the worst things LA made for sure

[@123theprodigy5]

Great video man, you definitely have to do New York City. Next, you can’t complete this series without mentioning the birth place of hip-hop.. In my opinion, East Coast, hip-hop fell off, at least in New York City.

[@markosiris5012]

Shoutout to BUDDY. LA has a calmer side too. The brother is dope.

[@trshaffa744]

I rock with yo channels the basket ball one forsure but the music be great like damn man

[@darienreed212]

I like Los Angeles hip hop but, they are an example of when keeping it real goes wrong. They lack unity and allow the street culture to take priority.

[@blackdragon6]

Pfft you could say the same about NYC 🗽

[@TaylorMane89]

Would like your take on Memphis as a Fallen City. In the 90s, Memphis was one of the regional powerhouses along with Houston, New Orleans and Miami with its own rendition of G-Funk and gangsta, essentially creating crunk and is a major inspiration behind phonk music. The city's recently beginning to get it's shine but its sound nowadays is just what's popular rn.

[@JayFingers]

I second this. Memphis truly had the potential to be Atlanta before Atlanta, thanks to its pioneering sound and bevy of talented artists. Like you said, Memphis is now getting some shine and recognition for its clear influence on today’s music, but it would be interesting to chart the path that caused the city to not get its props in its heyday.

[@freestateofgrizzy1937]

Facts Memphis could have been a rival to Atlanta within the hip hop scene but it just didn't.

[@WHYOSHO]

Memphis was just smaller and underrated with no industry presence to shine anything on the Memphis rappers. Nowadays Memphis is a hotbed for rappers. Glorilla, Finesse2Tymes, NLE Choppa, Pooh Shiesty, MoneybaggYo, I can go on an on

[@ynotproductionsllc1432]

Im from atlanta, our decline is showing but we had a good run. If Memphis unites, In my opinion y’all should be the next city to run the game.

[@freestateofgrizzy1937]

@@ynotproductionsllc1432 Honestly there is not enough in Memphis to attract the masses for entertainment purposes.

[@somethingdifferent4u247]

Truest words ever spoken. Excellent video.

[@freestateofgrizzy1937]

St Louis will be a good fallen city. We had a good run from 02-07' and could of been a powerhouse Midwest hip hop city but we just started to fizzle out around 09' and have seem to be off since.

[@marquidusmallory7554]

Like before I watched... Already know this🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@scocity6723]

You should do a Bay Area fallen city video. The Bay Area has lost its relevance for a number of reasons. Gentrification has cleaned up many ghetto areas in the Bay that used to produce dozens of prolific rappers, particularly areas in San Francisco like Hunters Point, Fillmoe and Lakeview as well as the aggressive gentrification of Oakland. Street rap, that was the lifeblood of the underground rap scene in the Bay Area in the 90’s, is no longer relevant in a city like San Francisco where there’s hardly any black people left in the city and violent crime is at historic lows. Other former hotbeds of underground street Rap in the Bay like East Palo Alto, Richmond and Vallejo are now also relatively quiet. Also, the Bay has come to emulate other regions that it originally influenced. There is no doubt Detroit’s Rap scene was originally influenced by the Bay sound of the 80’s and 90’s that was pioneered by Too $hort and E-40. But Detroit has put its own spin on the Bay sound making their own sound. Now up and coming Bay rappers have taken the modified Detroit sound because it’s basically an update of the classic Bay sound. Underground rappers from the Bay who go viral can never transition to mainstream success. Lil Pete, SOB RBE and Larry June have all gone viral with millions of views on KZbin and slight major pop culture exposure moments without major label co-signs in the past five or so years. But they can never break into mainstream success and become household names. Bay Area Rap has struggled with this since the 80’s. The two most well known and respected Bay Area rappers of all time are Too $hort and E-40. Many underground Bay Area legends remain relatively unknown in the mainstream despite being very influential and talented. Many legendary underground Bay Area rappers are killed like the late Jacka who was killed in 2015. Bay Area slang and culture is highly influential, but proper credit is never given. East Bay sideshow culture has recently spread to Los Angeles, Detroit and even as far as Baltimore, yet it is hardly acknowledged that this is Bay Area culture. In L.A., sideshow culture has been relabeled as “street takeovers”.

[@Journeyman89]

West coast definitely has a signature sound but not a huge presence in main stream. YG Tyga wallie the sensai Dom Kennedy Blueface all have that signature sound mixed with a fresh updated twist

[@lakerfan8297]

I definitely need to get caught up on this series!!!

[@Roy_Al_Blak202]

LA has had a resurgence over the last 10 years.... they still have a signature sound and embody their culture

[@sidneywilder2731]

I liked drakeo ,he reminded me of LA rap,his accent and he could rap too

[@boozywoozy73]

I felt their biggest growth stunt is they never had a great next generation class of rappers. After the early to mid 90's led by Tupac Snoop &Dre, Ice cube and NWA. Game and K-dot is the only MCs giving them something worth while currently.

[@nexusassoon8367]

Kendrick is from Compton... If we just talking bout LA county y'all really sleeping on King Crxxked

[@jpeg7750]

Please continue this Houston? Memphis ? Oakland? NYC boom bap?

[@pennyproud1621]

Stunted growth what you think of Ludacris or Petey Pablo. Luda had a good streak and I think he chose to go the TV route to be safe money-wise. I feel he should definitely be appreciated more. I think him telling ppl to call him Chris Bridges kind of took away his edge sort of speak. Like nigga you gone always be Ludacris just like when Bow Wow tried to be called Shad Moss. I guess he was trying to go the TV route as well lol. Luda had a great streak like Missy did. I wonder if he had kept going would he be more appreciated today as he was during his time. He did do okay with How Low and that joint he did with Nicki Minaj and remixed it with Trina and Diamond and Eve. Luda a treasure. 💯💯

[@joeytaylor7568]

I know them 3 are the breadwinners, but y’all should acknowledge Drakeo. Behind Neighborhood Nip, He’s the most respected in the Land. (From beef with an LA rapper) He’s gone not forgotten

[@flygenyus2186]

Keep the Truth Alive 🕊️

[@BlackRepublicanTV]

They don’t know the truth smh 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@moneymantwin1267]

Drakeo rj joe mosses g perico rucci bluebucks ohgeesy money sign suade jay rock schoolboy ralfy the plug big sad1900 bsg ys wallie the sensei I could go on bro don't know what he talking about if anything there's to many rappers everybody ain't finna get they shine

[@ceddygwap2795]

Im from the bay area not LA but there are plenty of underground LA rappers who still have that sound but if you talking mainstream then YG still has the LA sound

[@Kev_-qm1je]

I feel you bruh I'm from East Oakland & I fucks wit G Perico & Jay Worthy!

[@moneymantwin1267]

lmao the west coast hands downs ran the function scene since the Mac Dre days

[@ceddygwap2795]

@@Kev_-qm1je yea g perico and rucci definitely still have the LA sound this dude has no clue what he talking about

[@ceddygwap2795]

@@moneymantwin1267 facts mac dre made it cool to be gangsta wit God tier dance moves 🤟😠🤟

[@marvin469]

YG is straight, he got a song with Nas 🔥

[@benjaminbryant3721]

This is really well done 🔥 Roddy ricch is kinda a star but I see why u ain’t mention him yet it’s too early to tell . & YG had a pretty good run too

[@tomasjephersin84]

You Have To Do One On Houston.....

[@Kat_Beezy]

Just saw that video before watching this one!

[@hop878]

Long Live Nipsey Hussle The Great... We as black people of America need to learn there some people we cannot kill/let be killed. Nip should still be here motivating the underdog. #TMC #LLNHTG #A$I

[@123theprodigy5]

Los Angeles is especially infamous for taking out biggie, his death was 100% preventable, if he never went to Los Angeles, he would still be here. right now.

[@nexusassoon8367]

Nah, of he didn't come out here and not take the death threats he got on the radio seriously... After shitting on him passing being a topic of convo on his interview. Definitely preventable tho

[@highclassplayersclub]

The underground LA rap scene is thriving though

[@meechryles7072]

Indeed for many years now

[@gooddave330]

You hurting my heart showing them pulling pop out and pumping on him. 😢😣

[@Kat_Beezy]

Not once was DJ Quik mentioned 😒

[@MafiaLaneCrenshaw]

LA will alwayz be the gate keepers and who all the regions fear in the game! Gansta Muzik and G funk!

[@Rakeemgrant]

Putting the Eazy E Only if you want it video was a good touch

[@nitevibe9886]

2022 has way more to offer as far as LA sound goes vs 2012 when literally everything that saw the light of day was ymcmb, maybach, and southern trap was

[@Jonathanfifer00]

Aye since your on a Cali topic can u do the Bay Area group sob rbe? They definitely was next up

[@DJMarkflexx81]

I was surprised no mention of the west coast godfathers of hip hop like Eazy E and how he repped the city of LA and basically put it on the map with the straight outta Compton album . LA had other acts like Cypress Hill , Mc Eight & Comptons Most wanted , DJ Quick & Tha Alkoholics . Everybody I mentioned built a fan base outside of LA and had just as much of not more influence than Death Row . Even Ice T helped create what the image of west coast life was like even tho Ice T isn’t really from LA . He grew up on summit New Jersey . I had previously asked for a stunted growth special about Ice T and I hope that it’s in the works and coming soon .

[@miggypeso909]

Ice left Jersey as a child and grew up in South Central,graduated from Crenshaw. OG is 100% LA no matter where he was born.

[@sidneywilder2731]

You forgot about 2 short, he was among the strongest, if not the strongest, and confident,he put it down for LA rap too

[@Tsunamituna]

You should do New Orleans!

[@TaylorMane89]

NO would be interesting

[@Kev_-qm1je]

Spitta my favorite Rapper of all time! 🤙🏾

[@TeamLilCorey]

It’s because da South we took over in we ain’t giving it up 💯💯

[@Davo32310]

They rep la gangs heavy I'm the south...there's always a twist

[@TreFKennedy]

Dope vid

[@dcoldestjenkins5868]

Do the midwest next

[@andresciahooten9598]

Can you do a video on New York City hip hop

[@sunsetoverdrive2when321]

Nah New York has hot spot in today's ere But nowadays it's just mostly drill.

[@shawnorjiakor]

He should make a video on New... Because he doesn't know anything about LA.

[@Kat_Beezy]

Please do a video for the Boot state!

[@ScienceofWords]

Yo you should do Cleveland ohio or Memphis Tennessee

[@andresciahooten9598]

Also, can you please do a video on Vic Mensa, Amy Winehouse and Xxxtentacion

[@kingko3897]

Tupac's style was more Bay Area than LA

[@Davo32310]

It was both depending on the year...pac was more la style after being with deathrow...

[@andresciahooten9598]

Can you do YG. He's from Los Angeles

[@dacariice19]

The La rap sound is gang bang music which doesn’t hit the radio. But there is definitely a west coast LA sound in these streets

[@mefman9]

Great series.

[@foosdontcry]

Will there eventually be an episode of this series including Memphis and Houston?

[@seanthornton6844]

Interesting you say LA lost its position in Hip Hop. When it was LA Hip Hop the grace the worlds biggest stage. The Super Bowl Halftime show.

[@DaJuiceisLoose11]

I used to wonder why Baltimore don't have big mainstream rappers (dmv rappers don't count) then I remembered how people from Baltimore talked and my question was answered

[@flygenyus2186]

Lmaooo but yo what ever happened to the guys like Panama, B Rich & Young Leek? I haven't heard shit from them since the 2000s. And the last time I heard about a B more rapper I think he was beefing with Wale before the mmg deal

[@freestateofgrizzy1937]

😂😂

[@freestateofgrizzy1937]

@@flygenyus2186 I thought Mullyman was about to get on back in the gap but he disappeared.

[@flygenyus2186]

@@freestateofgrizzy1937 Damn but so far the only person I listen to from out there is Deetranada. She got bars & flow for days

[@freestateofgrizzy1937]

@@flygenyus2186 OkI need to check her out Iike YG Teck he is nice

[@misterorange8746]

Do New York next

[@KronosGenesisMusic]

As an artist, my main concern is my safety out there. I would do a show there but I would have to immediately leave cause I don't need that drama that comes with being out there.

[@flygenyus2186]

I wouldn’t even worry about that bro. Honestly, if you not tryna prove how tough you are & shit like going to the trenches knowing you don’t know nobody then you straight. Just be true to yourself & you’ll be respected by everyone

[@Foo8-y2r]

@3:13 whats that from

[@anthonycelestin3559]

I felt like I heard your voice before, you do NBA content too. I feel like the guy who did videos on “Basketball Examined,” is that you?

[@otmthewave]

you gotta do Houston next

[@carsondouglas8600]

"Checking in" does not always mean paying a tax. It just means tapping in with the local big wigs. From that point on, they'll decide wether you will pay or get a free pass, depending on who you are.

[@micheledaly5823]

How in tf do these losers think that they can tax you for being somewhere is insane. We are free and you can't bully people into doing what you want them to do. Plus they have no respect for work or human life want to take instead of earn. Bunch of losers.50 year old grandpa's still gangbanging. They think it's cool too. Just wait for them to self destruct.

[@mxhughes]

That's still bullshit within itself.Ppl are grown nobody should be checking in on no fake love shit ain't nobody making them non hip hop affiliated caucasians n asians do it so where's the consistency if it's really like that?

[@louisiana318ishify]

Can you do New Orleans next??

[@blackdragon6]

A lot of none southern rappers lost their identity in the 2010s. Hell, maybe even before then. New York and L.A. just sounds like everyone else now.....that's definitely not good. You could even argue the south sounds different from pure southern Hip-Hop. *EVERYONE* sound like pop/trap now 🤦🏾‍♂️. Also less we forget that west coast Hip-Hop was blacklisted for awhile after the east coast vs west coast bs. In the 00's you hardly even heard west coast rappers in the 00's. So that definitely didn't help either.

[@BeezyBreacts]

Can you do FALLEN CITY SERIES: New Orleans & FALLEN CITY SERIES: Houston

[@stuntedgrowthmusic]

Got you.

[@sadetwizelve]

It lost its spot when Death Row fell

[@brandonmuse5532]

Please do Memphis Tennessee

[@wkatc007]

Snoop's been paying to play for a long time so he knows the deal... I'm surprised Chris Brown ain't get caught up with his gang affiliations. Hope they do better because we need we! Also, The Game set himself up with his situation.

[@giffymoney3832]

Too many want to sound like they are from Down South or have a Drill sound… With the exception of a select few, these new rappers lack originality and exclusivity. As far as LA goes… it’s literally “the wild Wild West “… if you travel there, like any other place you aren’t from, you have to be cautious, smart, humble, and have common sense, or you run the very high risk of getting robbed or killed PERIOD

[@workmatticteddybdatruth4409]

YG & Problem along with E-40 & the late Nate Dogg gave California a lot influence of the west coast sound

[@yyyytttt7]

What about roddy? Blueface? Compton is mainly what you are referring to as "LA" as it's type if dress and lifestyle was popularized By top rappers of that area

[@p.j._staten]

Compton is it's own city but it is L.A. County

[@signalhilltv5237]

All the rappers that have died in LA (RIP) FBG Duck, Cash got killed in Chicago (RIP) King Vonn, and Trouble got killed in Atlanta (RIP) Duke the Jeweler and Lotto Desto just got killed in Houston (RIP) being a rapper or being involved with Hip-Hop is dangerous. I am lost with all the LA talk....

[@nexusassoon8367]

Shit is just hot right now to be pussy when it comes to LA as if the fortunate don't get preyed on by the less fortunate everywhere.

[@duffman1876]

Death=213 on Gematria... what's LA'area code?? Subscribe to Call Me Kinfolk for more information,there's no truth here!😤🍻🍺

[@p.j._staten]

That's because you don't know L.A.

[@signalhilltv5237]

@@p.j._staten ROFL PJ! PJ, I know you got google, because You're on KZbin. Signal Hill is a city 2.2 sq mi in area in Los Angeles County, California. Located high on a hill, the city is an enclave completely surrounded by the city of Long Beach. Now PJ (not bragging) I got in a shootout in the area PNB got shot (hood Roscoes) La County Housing Authority arrested me in Carmelitos (Housing Project where I am from in Long Beach) and took me to the 77th division, then I went to the LA County Jail. But according to you, and you don't know from a can paint. I don't know LA smh.

[@duffman1876]

Death=213 on Gematria... what's LA'area code?? Subscribe to Call Me Kinfolk for more information,there's no truth here!😤🍻🍺

[@Jason-er1vf]

The way I see it, LA was where gangster rap started and what we are currently seeing is the end result of where that genre will eventually go. It started happening i Chicago during the 2010s and now its starting in NY. Im not hating on the genre but just being a realist. When you make bank on gang violence its just gonna keep escalating until no one can succeed.

[@p.j._staten]

Chicago already had its own gangs though (Black P Stone Nation, Gangster Disciples, Black Disciples, etc) as well as New York. But yes the influence of L.A. gang culture has spread like a cancer.

[@rollinsimon4171]

L. A. did not murder those three. People murdered those three. This is bigger than hip hop. It is about we choose to live amongst each other; friend or foe.

[@duffman1876]

Death=213 on Gematria... what's LA'area code?? Subscribe to Call Me Kinfolk for more information,there's no truth here!😤🍻🍺

[@faceman7966]

Amazing video

[@jimmywolf1007]

Its not Drake-E-O! DRAKEO, like the gun. Long Live The Ruler

[@EnterTainment-vv1qs]

So glad you mentioned big u and wack 100

[@jensendenoyes2470]

To the Westcoast to evolve, Kendrick Lamar needs to pass the torch.

[@PT....]

Damn homie, you must be hurting on content ideas to come out with these Fallen city segments!? There's only so many cities you can talk about before that well runs dry!

[@fakewoke9817]

LA is Mexico that's why

[@terucks]

Do Stunted Growth on Tupac and why you think Tupac is the greatest rapper of all time

[@Cartman-Official]

The Games music sounds west coast while Kendricks not so much tbh. TPAB had funk influence that album might be the only one. Also YG should get a mention, He had two great albums in a row and actually had ppl sounding like LA for a while.

[@stiemestyles6091]

Tupac is from Harlem ny

[@shawnorjiakor]

Bro... Several of your points about LA are just downright ridiculous. Now, one thing I can say is yes... Street Politics did plague the city and interfere into the rap scene somewhat. But, the other stuff are either 50 / 50 or wrong.

[@nexusassoon8367]

Nah pimpin...#2 was completely pulled out his ass.

[@waterbottlecrinkle6973]

I’m at 5:06 and he never mentioned YG yg is HELL of an LA rep

[@destiny-dwaynehall8880]

Saweetie a good representation for west coast rap

[@samcarmant7042]

What about YG?

[@needtoworkout2545]

LA has a signature sound. Two actually. Our Sound now is artists like: Dom Kennedy, G Perico, Joey Fatts, Westside Boogie, TDE, OverDoz, Vince staples, Casey Veggies etc Then our other sound is our turnup bay influenced sound RJ, YG, Blueblucks Clan, Azchike, shoreline mafia, Dreako, 03 Greedo, 1takejay Our problem is that the city isn’t uniform, never will be LA is about sections. South Central, Watts, Compton, Long Beach rep themselves not LA for the most part, so it’s really every person for themselves but it’s always been that way for the most part But talent is still here as Kendrick, Vince Staples and Westside Boogie albums all have top ten caliber rap albums of 2022

[@bigboom5209]

And Figg Newton

[@kelseysmith2224]

It's amazing to me Ice T never gets any shine at all

[@a1ac953]

Roddy Rich from LA how come he wasn’t mentioned?

[@SKMGCavali]

Wait. Tupac wasn’t from LA. You can make a case for Oakland but even that’s a stretch

[@p.j._staten]

2Pac became a West Coast rapper due to living in the Bay (Marin City) for a time, linking with the Bay Area rappers (Ray Luv, Digital Underground, Too Short, E40) and later with Death Row. But Pac is a New York/East Coast rapper.

[@SKMGCavali]

@@p.j._staten nothing about him was Bay Area. Yeah he lived there for a time, but putting him in that west coast category is like I said. A stretch

[@cksdobber]

Bring back that G Funk 🎶

[@flygenyus2186]

Jay Worthy is holding it down

[@p.j._staten]

As is Nate Dogg's son

[@phillmoe]

Suge went to jail is what killed West Coast commercially

[@nmarcus7233]

So we’re just going to ignore the fact that YG and Mustard had one of the hottest, definitively west coast sounds of the 2010’s on a mainstream level? LA’s sound is alive but more underground rn as you say. The southern sound & chi drill is just too dominant and has been for quite a while.

[@brucewaynetumbla4476]

You should do one on Young Dolph and the impact he had on Memphis

[@saltessio]

What about Y.G?

[@nikotinekills2503]

Rip drakeo the ruler, king of LA

[@SirusYO586]

what about Vince staples I am not saying he is a leader of the hip-hop scene in the west but I definitely catch vibes when I hear his music especially norf norf