May 12, 2010
Hip Hop Across the Bay
The West Coast Hip Hop scene first began to dominate radio play and record sales in the early 90’s and it was around this time that many Bay Area artists started the Hyphy subgenre of Crunk music. The phrase was originally coined by Bay Area Rapper Keak Da Sneak, but became popular when artist E-40 put the underground Hip Hop culture of the Bay Area on the national map.
To this ...