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West coast hip hop artists from Oakland

The 23 most-read west coast hip hop artists based in Oakland, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

23 artists are tagged west coast hip hop in Oakland. The biggest move was Saafir, up 2 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Dame D.O.L.L.A.hip hop, west coast hip hop	41,358	0
02	Mac Dregangsta rap, hip hop	10,613	0
03	Souls of Mischiefhip hop, west coast hip hop	6,646	0
04	Suga Freewest coast hip hop, hip hop	5,890	0
05	Saafirhip hop, west coast hip hop	4,670	+2
06	Dru Downhip hop, west coast hip hop	3,318	-1
07	Yukmouthhip hop, west coast hip hop	3,212	-1
08	Guapdad 4000hip hop, pop rap	2,374	0
09	Seagramgangsta rap, hip hop	1,689	0
10	Zion Ialternative hip hop, hip hop	1,445	+1
11	Ant Bankship hop, gangsta rap	1,253	-1
12	The Grouchunderground hip hop, west coast hip hop	992	+1
13	Philthy Richgangsta rap, hip hop	861	+2
14	Main Attrakionzalternative hip hop, cloud rap	850	0
15	J. Stalingangsta rap, hip hop	839	-3
16	San Quinnhip hop, gangsta rap	838	0
17	The Regimehip hop, west coast hip hop	527	0
18	415west coast hip hop	433	0
19	ALLBLACKhip hop, trap	345	0
20	Goldygangsta rap, west coast hip hop	303	0
21	The WhoRidaswest coast hip hop	175	+1
22	The Delinquentswest coast hip hop	157	-1
23	Stevie Joegangsta rap, hip hop	90	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.