Best West Coast Rappers

The best from the West. Who's the best rapper from the Westcoast.
The Top Ten
1 2Pac Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known as 2Pac, was an American rapper and actor born on June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, New York. Tupac sold over 75 million records worldwide and has been referred to in multiple major publications such as Rolling Stone as one of the greatest music artists of all time. 2Pac was assassinated on September 1996 at the age of 25. ...read more.

Honestly real fans of west coast rap would definitely know and maybe not believe, but if we're true fans, would be aware of the fact that without a doubt 2pac was the most influential of rappers in the west, not just for the core fans but even people that didn't care for rap we're bumping his jams. Not to mention he was at this point in his career only an estimated halfway through it before his tragic death. To have as little music as he did compared to ice cubes works for him to be where he was at was nothing less than insanely impressive. #1 worthy no questions asked.

There are so many things wrong with this list, but Tupac not being number one bothers me so much, in almost all his songs he represents the east coast and is in my opinion the second best rapper of all time right behind eminem

Ok here's what I think Tupac will always be the best west coast rapper he should be number 1 because he a legend ain't any of these other rapper sold over 75mill records like him after his death and the second should be Eazye he a true gangsta straight off the streetz of Compton boyee

PAC is the best selling rapper in the west cost he is just the best even dead he still had great albums because he is the chosen one period

2 Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson, born June 15, 1969 in Baldwin Hills, CA, known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and filmmaker. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A and later joined the seminal gangster rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, ...read more.

First of all 2pac should not be here because it said from the west and he is from New York but if it said best west coast rapper yes he should be here but it said from the west so no he should not be here. anyway ice cubes first album was great with good storys bout the street and his 2nd album was even better since he got really political and rapped about loads of different problems in america and owned nwa with one of the best diss songs ever. he was part of the most influential rap group and him himself has also made great influence. he is just a great rapper his voice and flow makes him sound so op definitely the best from the west and 2nd best west coast rapper

Cube revolutionized rap, particularly gangsta rap. Cube and Eminem are the most controversial rappers of all time. Cube was writing lyrics for dre and the world class wreckin cru, as well as eazy e when he was 16-17 years old. Young talent like that cannot be overlooked. He was the powerhouse in NWA and once he left, he destroyed them with his diss track "No Vaseline". He completely took out a whole group. You cannot deny his skill. Cube is the best in the west

Cube is not only a great rapper, but he's one of the few to be in the game for round' 20 years without screwing over. (like earning a bad title, get dissed badly, caught doing something bad) He also defended the West Coast reputation from rappers like Common and Cypress Hill. If you still don't agree with me, just listen to albums like Laugh now Cry Later, Raw Footage, I am the West. This man is un-touchable.

If you don't think its ice cube you should get your head checked he wrote eazy-e and Dr. Dres lyrics for anyone thinking of voting eazy or dre ahead of him and 2pac can't hang with cube. Pac and T are overrated and dre highers writers so naturally its ice cube the "real" king of west coast gangsta rap.

3 Snoop Dogg Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., (born October 20, 1971) known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and television personality from Long Beach, California.

For me I will choose snoop as number one in west coast rapper and also number one gangstar rapper

Snoopy! Great Voice, coolest rapper... and mich More! He should be number 1

Snoop doggy dogg is my favorite rapper. I even like his reggae

Blood moon year of the world if my favorite album

4 Dr. Dre Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, and was the president of Death Row Records. Dr. Dre ...read more.

Dr dre is one of the best westcoast rappers and deserves the second position, not only his lyrics but his beats are simply the dopest. He is the mentor of eminem... What else can we say.. He is the producer who can rap and control the maestro! DR DRE

Dre made the careers of 50 Cent, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and The Game. He even worked on the career of Nas. He made two of the greatest rap albums ever "The Chronic" and "2001". I could write do much more than this, but people already have written about it

Id go as far to say that Dre is the FATHER of West coast rap. He is the reason why most of these top fivers are even on this list.

I'd say he was one of the best if he had actually wrote his own lyrics. You can't be the best if you don't write your lyrics.

5 The Game Jayceon Terrell Taylor, better known by his stage name The Game, is an American rapper and actor. He was born on November 29, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. Game spent most of his childhood in foster care (up until high school) even though he knew all of his brothers and sisters. Since 2002, Game ...read more.

He is a gangster, a good person, a good father, a good songwriter. He has everything that a good rapper needs

He brought the west back after a relative silence. King of the west now! After red album drops he will hold the thrown for a long time

Dude kills tracks. Listen to hate it or love it, Martians vs goblins, red nation, my life, the city, and more it's crazy how many times he has proven he can take another step

Game did it again. The documentary 2 on the shelf. He still proves he is worthy being KING OF THE WEST

6 Eazy E

Eazy E, the man that brought Compton on the map. he will allways be my greatest

Number 1; the king of Compton and Godfather of Westcoast rap! Born lived and died in Compton City; Dre day was only Eazy's pay day... If he had lived maybe he would have taken a cut of Eminem too

What is Snoop Lion and The Game doing ahead os Eazy E

Man why is Eazy this far back he should be up there with Cube and Pac not wit Snoop and Ice-T

7 Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter. Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg ...read more.

Now this list is before TPAB, right? This guy gave west coast actual meaning. It is hard to deny that the west had a raher lyrical drag compared to the east coast, but this guy showed that the west is equally capable or lyrically conscious music, and the only difference is sound. King Kendrick Forever.

He was a progressive rapper with section 80. and G.K.M.C. but, sadly he stepped off his hip hop game and started doing more soul kind off music. See his last two releases. he was a good rapper for a bit but he gave up the title as MC, now it's time to go back to listen to old school real West coast rappers.

"My plan B is to win your hearts before I win a Grammy."
The song "i" won a Grammy
Kendrick Lamar is an all knowing being
Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of this generation

Currently the new king of the west coast, his got the game in a choke hold. His released Good Kid, M.A.A.D City which is already taken as a classic

8 Kurupt

Just listen to his verse on 'Check Out Time'

Enough Said

He's from Philly

9 Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Definitely should be higher than lamar, eazy, or the game.

10 MC Ren Lorenzo Jerald Patterson, better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of the record label Villain Entertainment. His moniker is derived from the middle letters in his first name.

Lorenzo is a monster. His flow and lyrics are so underrated. I loved the actor they got to be him in the movie, played him well. I feel like Ren was far more talented than Eazy and got significantly less respect. I can't really compare him to Cube cause Cube just had that persona that stood out. I feel like they are both equally as talented, but eazy doesn't belong anywhere near Ren. Ren was the man.

Come On! MC Ren actually wrote lyrics for Dre and Eazy. How can he be ranked under them? One of the most underrated rapper.

This guy is probably the most underrated rapper of all time! He had a huge contribution to N.W.A and his solo career wasn't that bad, despite being ignored a hell of a lot.

SO underrated. People think eazy e is better than ren. Ha. that's funny. Ren wrote all of his lyrics. Listen to final fronteir

The Contenders
11 The D.O.C.

Listen to no one can do it better and you will understand. I'm not at straight outta Compton fan but this is my favorite west coast rapper.

His credits include the classic no one can do it better and ghostwriting the chronic by dr.dre.

Funky enough for top ten

He is from dallas Texas

12 Hopsin Marcus Jamal Hopson, better known by his stage name Hopsin, is an American rapper, record producer, director and actor from Los Angeles, California. Hopsin was born on July 18, 1985. His first album was called Emurge but he's best known for his album titled Raw.

"Hopsin is the best west coast rapper he should be on top"

13 Xzibit Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit (pronounced "exhibit"), is an American rapper, actor, songwriter, television presenter, and radio personality.

Nope, not just the creator of Pimp My Ride, Xzibit is origionaly a great rapper and claimed by the westcoast. He reaped hard and also made sure that the garage he used in his show was the most westside-relative garage in California, Westcoast Customs.

Go listen to whats the difference then you will see why he's underrated

Most underrated rapper in my opinion.

14 Ras Kass

His lyrics are second to none but of course since he didn't blow up like the others on the list he gets overlooked but definitely a wordsmith like no other on the west coast in my humble opinion

15 Gift of Gab

Ain't no way kendrick lamar or the game are better than this guy!

The craft right on

16 Blu
17 Ice T

He was east coast

18 Brotha Lynch Hung
19 MC Eiht

Considered a pioneer in westcoast hip-hop.

One of the best Gangsters ever. His songs have a lot of meaning. Not like today's rap

Straight up menace

This man represented and still represents Compton and west coast rap all his life. He is 47 years old and releasing LP's for goodness sake!

20 Spice 1

Very underrated, one of the original gangsta rappers. Also good music for people who love the funky hip hop.

most underated rapper ever and best gangster rapper of all time

Because he from Oakland

Amerikka's Nightmare is one of my favourite albums ever, Spice 1 had such good storytelling and had a wicked flow. So talented but so underrated.

21 Aceyalone
22 WC

Westside Connections member WC has shown some of the charactaristics we miss in Biggie Smalls but can put his own origional westcoast spin on the tracks. One of the best westcoast rappers around.

WC puts the W in the west, he was in the westside connection with Ice cube And Mack 10. he needs to at least be in top 10

The legend of west coast

23 Nate Dogg Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American rapper, singer, and actor. He was known as one of the pioneers of West Coast hip hop. He was noted for his membership in rap trio 213 and his solo career in which he collaborated with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Warren G, Tupac Shakur, Westside Connection, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Xzibit, and Shade Sheist on many hit releases. He released three solo albums, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1998, Music & Me in 2001, and Nate Dogg as a bootlegged album in 2003 and on CD in 2014. Nate Dogg died in 2011 in Long Beach, California, of complications from multiple strokes.

Really underrated he should be in the top ten easily

Why is he so low what

24 Lil Eazy E
25 Macklemore Ben Haggerty, (born, June 19, 1983) known by his stage name Macklemore and formerly Professor Macklemore, is an American singer and songwriter from Seattle, Washington.

Can make you cry if he wants to and can make you laugh reminds me of the best rapper ever Eminem

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