West Coast Hip Hop

West Coast hip hop refers to Hip Hop artists who originate from the West Coast region of the United States. While there is no single defining sound, many different styles exist that developed from the sub-regions of the area. An early landmark of the genre was in 1981, when Duffy Hooks III and Jerry Hooks Sr launched the first West Coast rap label, Rappers Rapp Records, with its first act being the duo of Disco Daddy and Captain Rapp with their debut single "Gigolo Rapp". Unlike their East Coast Hip Hop counterparts, the sound emerging from the West Coast was more fast-paced and influenced by Electronic music as exemplified by acts such as World Class Wreckin Cru and Egyptian Lover in the early to mid 1980s. This could be largely credited to the fact that the early local West Coast hip hop scene revolved more around DJing than rapping.