The Top Hip-Hop Artists From Southern California?

Who is the top hip-hop artist from Southern California?

  • Ice T

    Votes: 2 2.1%
  • NWA

    Votes: 13 13.4%
  • Ice Cube

    Votes: 42 43.3%
  • Snoop Dogg

    Votes: 37 38.1%
  • Dj Quik

    Votes: 2 2.1%
  • The Game

    Votes: 1 1.0%

  • Total voters
    97

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Who is the top hip-hop artist from Southern California?
Note: This is just based on a combination of fame, popularity, record sales, etc. not who's the best mc.


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Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer and actor. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays, the first hip-hop album to carry an explicit content sticker. The next year, he founded the record label Rhyme Syndicate Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the 'Rhyme Syndicate') and released another album, Power.

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N.W.A (an abbreviation of Niggaz Wit Attitudes) was an American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap and west coast hip hop sub-genres, sometimes credited as the most important group in the history of rap music.[4] Active from 1986 to 1991, the rap group endured controversy due to the explicit lyrics that many considered to be disrespectful to women, and glorifying drugs and crime. The group was subsequently banned from many mainstream American radio stations. In spite of this, the group has sold over 10 million units in the United States alone.

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Ice Cube, is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined N.W.A (Niggas With Attitudes). After leaving N.W.A in December 1989,[2] he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer, director, actor and producer in cinema.

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Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor. Snoop has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre. He collaborated on Dre's solo debut The Chronic, and on the theme song to the feature film Deep Cover.

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DJ Quik, is an American rapper, actor and record producer.[2] According to Quik himself, his stage name reflects his ability to produce records in short time.

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The Game or simply Game, is an American rapper and actor. Game is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés.He rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album "The Documentary" (2005) and "Doctor's Advocate" (2006). The Recording Industry Association of America certified his album "The Documentary" double platinum in March 2005 and it has sold over five million copies worldwide.

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I'm going to go with Snoop Dogg. He's had longevity in the biz he's a house hold name all over the world highly recognizable and he still puts out decent projects either music, movies etc He's maintained the image of notable west-coast artist that can work with anybody an succeed.

Ice Cube 2nd.




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I'm going to go with Snoop Dogg. He's had longevity in the biz he's a house hold name all over the world highly recognizable and he still puts out decent projects either music, movies etc He's maintained the image of notable west-coast artist that can work with anybody an succeed.

Ice Cube 2nd.




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I have to agree with this :yes:
 
Ice Cube without a motherfucking doubt. Let's not fool ourselves, Snoop only had ONE great album. ONE.

Doggystyle. Everything after that was meh or trash. He rode the fuck outta that one album, too. Other than his shit on Dre's album, and Deep Cover, a soundtrack, he didn't even carry his own damned album. Damned near all of Doggystyle was "Featuring" and half the time he wasn't even the dopest flow on the track thanks to Kurupt.
 
I voted for Snoop. Man I like just about all of his albums. The one album I cant get into at all is his dogfather album. I fucks with reincarnated heavy. I bought the explicit version and it has very little cursing in it. So its work friendly. Im giving malice in wonderland a 2nd try but its really not that good. Everything else I like even the 2nd eastsidaz album, that shit was fire.
 
Lets put it this way, Cube and NWA changed the game. Seriously and I don't just say that to be saying it. They changed the game and been around a long time.

Cube stepped out on his own and continued to evolve and excel.

Now Cube is at the level to where he could still tour if he chose or make movies.

He could actually EMPLOY Snoop where as Snoop can barely EMPLOY himself.

I think that should count for something.
 
From this list, it's hard to choose between Cube and Snoop.

My favorite So Cal rapper is King Tee. He was a real OG in the game. I used to bump the shit out of "Hoe B-4 Tha Homie" back in the day.
 
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