Does it get more legendary than N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton, pound for pound the best West Coast gangsta rap album of all time? You’ve got Ice Cube at the top of his game, Dr. Dre ...

T—one of Hip Hop’s most influential voices and a true pioneer of gangsta rap—released his fourth studio album, O.G. Original ...

(Gary Reyes / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives) In a recording career that spanned barely five years, 2Pac released four solo albums that made him an icon of the burgeoning West Coast rap scene ...