What is East Coast hip hop?
{{Infobox Music genre |name= East Coast hip hop |bgcolor = darkblue |color = white |stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[contemporary R&B]]|[[disco]]|[[funk]]|[[jazz]]}} |cultural_origins = Early to mid-1970s, [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ruth Blatt|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthblatt/2014/04/10/what-the-history-of-hip-hop-teaches-us-about-entrepreneurship/|title=Why Rap Creates Entrepreneurs|work=[[Forbes]]|date=April 10, 2014|access-date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> | fusiongenres = * [[New jack swing]] * [[Jersey club]] * [[Baltimore club]] | regional_scenes = | local_scenes = ;New York :<br/>[[New York City]] :[[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]] :[[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]] :[[Long Island]] :[[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] :[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] :[[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] :[[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] ;New Jersey :<br/>[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] :[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] :[[East Orange, New Jersey|East Orange]] :[[Irvington, New Jersey|Irvington]] :[[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] :[[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]] :[[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] :[[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] ;Pennsylvania :[[Philadelphia]] :[[Pittsburgh]] | other_topics = [[West Coast hip hop]] }} '''East Coast hip hop''' is a type of [[hip hop music]] that comes from the [[East Coast of the United States]]. It originated in [[New York (state)|New York]] during the 1970s. East Coast hip hop only became a distinct subgenre after artists from other regions of the United States emerged with different styles. == Notable East Coast hip hop artists == * [[50 Cent]] * [[Jay-Z]] * [[Nas]] * [[Wu-Tang Clan]] * [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] * [[Big L]] * [[A Tribe Called Quest]] * [[Eric B. & Rakim]] * [[Public Ememy|Public Enemy]] * [[Mobb Deep]] * [[DMX]] * [[Busta Rhymes]] * [[Gang Starr]] == East Coast hip hop record labels == * American King Music, founded in 2006 by [[Mims (rapper