West Coast Veteran Kokane recently dropped a bomb, more or less reprimanding his West Coast rap peers for their lack of individualism, kreativity and cojones.

Some kind of epidemic seems to have spread throughout the Golden State and all of its neighbors.

In effect, it’s developed somewhat of a “Twilight Zone” and Koka’s testimony is an attempt to bring the West back to its senses.

ATL, Cube and others check in for the visual.

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Slick sat down to drop some knowledge on how the West gets down. It ain’t no muthaf*ckin’ joke. But you already knew that right?

After a five year stint with Aftermath Records, West Coast rapper Bishop Lamont is now a free agent. Lamont went on air this weekend with The All Out Show with Rude Jude and Lord Sear on Shade 45 radio Saturday January 9th to break the news and seemed rather elated to do so.

Lamont drew parallels to Shawshank Redemption and offered that he was walking the yard every day, shaking gravel out of his pants… crawling through the sewers” and will now finally be able to realize his true star.

The split with Dre was an amicable one, as the LA lyricist walked away with over 700 mastered songs. Most importantly, he confirmed their relationship is intact.

“Dre is my big bro and that’s my family regardless,” he said. “I’ma support Aftermath and whatever he needs over there, it’s there. But after almost five years of just sittin’ there and working with every producer in the world, it’s kind of unfair to the fans and my family and myself.”

Lamont is currently shopping his debut album, The Reformation , and spoke to making rounds with numerous labels during his recent trip to NY.

He admitted that things got a little sketchy with Dre, but never bad enough to ruin their friendship. Bishop instead pointed to Interscope not striking while the iron was hot.

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This is a bit long, but worth every minute if you fux wit Snoop Dogg.

The self proclaimed “King of the West Coast” sits down with famed journalist Tuere and drops gems that stem from his actual involvement in the pimp game, to his involvement with Dre, Suge and Death Row.

There’s also some in depth conversation about his family where Snoop admits to biting off more than he could chew. Tuere digs and Snoop allows that he would never run away from his problems or hide from the people that love him the most.

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Like any youngsta raised in the streets of South Central, Nipsey Hussle found himself prone to the illigitamate ways of the streets. He shined shoes. He ran the streets and replenished them for a buck.

He did however, overcome that beast and is poised to become the next best thing on the west coast.

In this clip, Neighborhood Nip recalls how he earned that moniker and discusses what it’s going to take for him to generate interest in himself and the West as a whole.

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