Which is better or more respected the East-Coast or West- Coast? This age old debate has always been a center of controversy in the American rap culture. Before I start this blog I want to say that I was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Virginia my whole life. Furthermore, I believe west-coast rap is inferior to east-coast because there are better known rappers like Biggie, Jay-z, Nas, Kanye and Rakim. Also the mecca for rap has to be New York because not only was rap started their with the Sugar hill gang but, 4 of the 5 people in my list were from New York City. Other rappers like Gucci mane and T.I. are the kings of the south and they are more popular than west coast rappers. Not only is the east coast more popular but also most progressive hip hop has come from the east coast like trap music from the Deep south and battle rappers in Chicago.  Besides the vast majority of rappers being in east Coast the biggest record labels are in the East coast also like Bad Boy entertainment which was founded by Sean Combs in New York. There also is Cash Money which was founded by Birdman and Slim in Miami and New Orleans. These rap labels were essential in distributing rappers music throughout the country without them we may not of had Drake (cash money) or Rick Ross (Bad Boy records). Also I feel the greatest rap feuds are between east coast rappers (except for Biggie and Tupac). Battle rapping was a style created in the streets of Chicago where basically two rappers try and make their opponents look bad while simultaneously making themselves look better. But because of this rivalries were formed which showed how important rap was to this community. Around the time rap was just beginning in New York Africans realty did not have a voice in social media or in the news but, rap made their voices heard it was a way for rappers on the east coast to voice their opinions. While on the west coast rappers used their voice only to further their gang motives. Still there are some good things about west-coast rap like they have had some influential rap groups like Tupac, Ice –T and N.W.A.. They also have probably the greatest record company Atlantic records which is in LA. There really is no surprise that the east coast would be better in terms of rap than the west coast because there are more African Americans in the east coast. I do not believe that only black Americans can rap but I see the correlation and the vast majority of great rappers are African American.  I have also interviewed a west coast native from Chino Hills, California who stated that the East coast has more rappers than the west coast and they are better. So in conclusion I feel eve the people from the west coast know that rappers in the east coast are better because there are more people inclined to rap ion the East Coast.