Riots

LA riots of 1992

The East coast - West coast hip hop rivalry is nothing new to me .. I mean listen to most hip hop songs and you'll hear something such as ' east coast killer ' or ' west coast killer '
Or Busta Rhymes'  ' I'm banging in the East AND i'm banging in the West '

But i never knew where this was coming from...

In 1987 in California where hip hop was previously socially and politically motivated, a sub group emerged ( which I already talked about, but repetition is always good ) '' gangsta rap '' . The lyrics were dealing with police brutality, racial profiling, financial disputes etc ..

Meanwhile on the East coast something similar was happening. Let the battle begin .

but why?

Riots associated with African American roots caused many injured and a couple of deaths which then evolved to lyrics associated with critique on criminalization of the black youth.

The rappers engaged in a long battle about where it's better .

Here is an example of a battle. 2pac's california love vs Notorious B.I.G 's juicy

Song : California love by 2pac 

'' California knows how to party ''

'' now let me welcome everybody to the wild wild west '' 

'' only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die '' 

'' yeah that's right, West coast, West coast '' 

on the other hand we have juicy about the East coast :

song : juicy by Notorious B.I.G 

'' From the Mississippi down to the East coast , 

condos in Queens, indo for weeks '' 

A more recent battle is Katy Perry admitting that she has written the song California girls out of jealousy for Jay Z's anthem for New York ( who would've thought that right ?! ) 

What are you, East coast or West coast ?