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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 October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

23 artists are tagged west coast hip hop in Oakland. The biggest move was J. Stalin, up 3 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Dame D.O.L.L.A.hip hop, west coast hip hop	82,803	0
02	Mac Dregangsta rap, hip hop	9,503	0
03	Souls of Mischiefhip hop, west coast hip hop	6,921	0
04	Suga Freewest coast hip hop, hip hop	4,494	0
05	Dru Downhip hop, west coast hip hop	3,103	+2
06	Saafirhip hop, west coast hip hop	2,940	-1
07	Guapdad 4000hip hop, pop rap	2,744	+1
08	Yukmouthhip hop, west coast hip hop	2,733	-2
09	Seagramgangsta rap, hip hop	1,311	0
10	The Grouchunderground hip hop, west coast hip hop	1,273	+2
11	Zion Ialternative hip hop, hip hop	1,152	0
12	Ant Bankship hop, gangsta rap	1,132	-2
13	J. Stalingangsta rap, hip hop	892	+3
14	Main Attrakionzalternative hip hop, cloud rap	863	-1
15	Philthy Richgangsta rap, hip hop	836	-1
16	San Quinnhip hop, gangsta rap	623	-1
17	The Regimehip hop, west coast hip hop	590	0
18	415west coast hip hop	325	0
19	ALLBLACKhip hop, trap	266	0
20	Goldygangsta rap, west coast hip hop	253	0
21	The Delinquentswest coast hip hop	173	+1
22	The WhoRidaswest coast hip hop	155	-1
23	Stevie Joegangsta rap, hip hop	109	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.