East coast Quote by Kyle

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've…

— Coolio

I'm a gangsta, and I spit nothin but gangsta shit, That's comin from a five-deuce, Hoover gangsta Crip. Bangin Street Military, Point Blank, and…

— Z-Ro

I've always done music with so-called thug- or gangster-type lyricists. I've always been associated with that because I'm from the West Coast.

— Madlib

The way I rap is very west coast.

— Blueface

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap.

— Moshe Kasher

Never was a gangsta, till I graduated to one.

— Eminem

A lot of rappers were influenced off the West Coast, even from the East.

— Jay Rock

I don't call my music 'gangsta rap.' I call my music reality, something that really happened, something that has really happened, something that will…

— Scarface

Now I've got the world swingin' from my nuts And damn it feels good to be a gangsta!

— Willie D

But then again in the East Coast, I think, Tupac, inspired everybody on the East Coast, everybody down south, everybody in the West Coast…

— Bubba Sparxxx

I think people see me definitely as a "gangsta" rapper, and what people love about me is when they meet me and they meet…

— Sheek Louch

I'm not a gangsta.

— Travis Scott