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West Coast Hip Hop Artists from Los Angeles

The 30 most-read west coast hip hop artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

Artists

30

Readers October

269,557

New entries

00
Data 2026-10-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

30 artists are tagged west coast hip hop in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Blxst, up 6 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Bluefacegangsta rap, hip hop
73,122
+1
02
Nipsey Husslehip hop, gangsta rap
61,460
-1
03
Too $horthip hop, west coast hip hop
22,061
+2
04
Afromanalternative hip hop, hip hop
17,489
0
05
CJ Macgangsta rap, g-funk
14,846
-2
06
Tone‐Lōchip hop, pop rap
14,630
0
07
The Pharcydehip hop, alternative hip hop
11,648
0
08
DJ Poohhip hop, west coast hip hop
8,488
0
09
Shoreline Mafiawest coast hip hop
7,306
0
10
Ab‐Soulhip hop, west coast hip hop
6,146
0
11
Kid Inkpop rap, hip hop
3,939
+1
12
Blxstcontemporary r&b, west coast hip hop
3,305
+6
13
The Psycho Realmhip hop, boom bap
3,005
+3
14
Sir Jinxhip hop, west coast hip hop
2,997
-3
15
Tha Alkaholikship hop, west coast hip hop
2,745
0
16
Tha Eastsidazhip hop, west coast hip hop
2,701
-2
17
C.I.A.hip hop, west coast hip hop
1,973
-4
18
Paris Texaship hop, experimental hip hop
1,925
-1
19
The Hooliganschoral symphony, hip hop
1,740
0
20
Living Legendship hop, underground hip hop
1,495
0
21
K‐Deehip hop, west coast hip hop
1,053
0
22
DJ Nu‐Markhip hop, west coast hip hop
1,025
0
23
Blu & Exilehip hop, west coast hip hop
996
0
24
The Koreatown Oddityconscious hip hop, abstract hip hop
967
+4
25
Elighhip hop, underground hip hop
621
0
26
The Noncehip hop, jazz rap
573
-2
27
Low Profilehip hop, west coast hip hop
480
-1
28
Kausiongangsta rap, west coast hip hop
478
-1
29
Daddy Kevhip hop, west coast hip hop
297
0
30
Custom Madewest coast hip hop
46
0

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How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.