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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 August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

30 artists are tagged west coast hip hop in Los Angeles. The biggest move was The Hooligans, up 8 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Nipsey Husslehip hop, gangsta rap	88,411	0
02	Bluefacegangsta rap, hip hop	68,552	+1
03	Afromanalternative hip hop, hip hop	30,512	-1
04	Too $horthip hop, west coast hip hop	20,183	+1
05	Tone‐Lōchip hop, pop rap	18,696	+1
06	Shoreline Mafiawest coast hip hop	16,427	-2
07	The Pharcydehip hop, alternative hip hop	12,866	0
08	CJ Macgangsta rap, g-funk	12,568	0
09	DJ Poohhip hop, west coast hip hop	11,161	0
10	Ab‐Soulhip hop, west coast hip hop	5,945	0
11	Kid Inkpop rap, hip hop	3,808	0
12	Tha Eastsidazhip hop, west coast hip hop	3,606	0
13	Sir Jinxhip hop, west coast hip hop	3,357	0
14	Tha Alkaholikship hop, west coast hip hop	2,932	+3
15	The Psycho Realmhip hop, boom bap	2,862	+1
16	C.I.A.hip hop, west coast hip hop	2,395	+2
17	Blxstcontemporary r&b, west coast hip hop	2,334	-3
18	Paris Texaship hop, experimental hip hop	2,331	-3
19	The Hooliganschoral symphony, hip hop	1,598	+8
20	Living Legendship hop, underground hip hop	1,539	0
21	K‐Deehip hop, west coast hip hop	1,212	0
22	DJ Nu‐Markhip hop, west coast hip hop	1,148	0
23	Blu & Exilehip hop, west coast hip hop	1,054	-4
24	Elighhip hop, underground hip hop	559	0
25	The Noncehip hop, jazz rap	528	-2
26	Kausiongangsta rap, west coast hip hop	477	0
27	Low Profilehip hop, west coast hip hop	454	-2
28	Daddy Kevhip hop, west coast hip hop	421	+1
29	The Koreatown Oddityconscious hip hop, abstract hip hop	393	-1
30	Custom Madewest coast hip hop	43	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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.