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• Baby Bash
  Baby Bash
  Ronnie Ray Bryant , better known by his stage name Baby Bash , is a Mexican-American rapper. From 1995 to 1998, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, as part of the Vallejo, California group Potna Duece, after which he changed the last part of the name to Bash...
  
  
• Bavgate (of *Steady Mobb'n
  Steady Mobb'n
  Steady Mobb'n was a rap group composed of Crooked Eye and Billy Bathgate, from the Ghost Town section of West Oakland. The duo who were formally signed to Master P's No Limit Records in the late 90s.-History:...
  
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• B-Legit
  B-Legit
  Brandt Jones, better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.He is a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" by 2Pac in All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent labels such as...
  
  
• Berner
• Brotha Lynch Hung
  Brotha Lynch Hung
  Kevin Danell Mann , better known by his stage name Brotha Lynch Hung, is an American rapper and record producer from Sacramento, California...
  
  
• Bishop Lamont
  Bishop Lamont
  Philip Martin , better known as Bishop Lamont is an American rapper from Carson, California. He was signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label but left in 2010.-Biography:...
  
  
• Big Lurch
  Big Lurch
  Antron Singleton , better known by his stage name Big Lurch, is an American rapper. He is serving a life sentence for murdering 21-year-old female roommate Tynisha Ysais and eating parts of her body while under the influence of PCP in April 2002.During his music career, Singleton worked with such...
  
  

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• The Dangerous Crew
  The Dangerous Crew
  The Dangerous Crew is a rap group formed by Oakland, California rapper Too Short. They were introduced to the masses in 1992 on the Shorty the Pimp album...
  
  
• DarkRoom Familia
  Darkroom Familia
  Darkroom Familia is a Chicano rap group with members from various parts of Northern California. They were originally formed in 1988. Like other burgeoning gangster rappers of the era, major labels weren't quick to sign such bands, so the band members had to sell their tapes by taking them...
  
  
• Davina
• The Delinquents
• Digital Underground
  Digital Underground
  Digital Underground was an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California. It could have been considered a music "family" rather than a group, as its personnel changed and rotated with each album and tour....
  
  
• DJ Shadow
  DJ Shadow
  Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed...
  
  
• Don Cisco
  Don Cisco
  Francisco Soto, better known by his stage name Don Cisco , is a Mexican American rapper and producer.-Biography:...
  
  
• Droop-E
  Droop-E
  Droop-E is a member of the production team The Pharmaceuticals and the son of Bay Area rapper E-40. He often works with his cousin B-Slimm.- Biography :...
  
  
• D-Shot
  D-Shot
  Dannell Stevens, better known as D-Shot is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. D-Shot got his start as a member of the rap group, The Click, which also included his siblings E-40 and Suga T, as well as his cousin B-Legit...
  
  
• Dru Down
  Dru Down
  Darnel Robinson, better known by his stage name Dru Down, is an American rapper and actor from Oakland, California...
  
  

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• Rappin' 4-Tay
  Rappin' 4-Tay
  Anthony Forté , better known by his stage name Rappin' 4-Tay, is an American rapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco, California.-Music career:...
  
  
• RBL Posse
  RBL Posse
  RBL Posse was a 1990s gangsta rap group from Hunters Point in San Francisco, California.-History:Formed in 1991 by Black C and Mr. Cee . Their first release, the self-produced "Don't Give Me No Bammer" came out on In-a-Minute Records and made the Billboard magazine Hot Rap Singles chart, peaking...
  
  
• Richie Rich
  Richie Rich (rapper)
  Richard Serrell, better known by his stage name Richie Rich, is a rapper from Oakland, California.He is currently signed to Mack 10's Hoo-Bangin' Records.-Early years :His rapping style is an influence on Snoop Dogg. In Snoop's own words...
  
  
• Rick Rock
  Rick Rock
  Rick Rock is a hip-hop music producer from the Bay Area.-Albums with Rick Rock production:*1996: All Eyez on Me by 2Pac*1996: Tha Hall of Game by E-40*1996: Seasoned Veteran by Richie Rich...
  
  
• Rydah J. Klyde
  Rydah J. Klyde
  Rydah J. Klyde is a Bay Area rapper from Pittsburg, California best known for his affiliation with the rap group Mob Figaz. Around 2002, Rydah signed a solo deal with Mac Dre's Thizz Entertainment label. In 2003, he released his album Tha Fly Gangsta...
  
  

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• San Quinn
  San Quinn
  Quincy Brooks IV better known by his stage name San Quinn, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California.-Career:Born in Oakland, California, Quincy moved to the Fillmore district of San Francisco at the age of three...
  
  
• Seagram
• Sean T
• Shock G
  Shock G
  Gregory E. Jacobs , known by the stage names Shock G and Humpty Hump, is an American musician and rapper, known as the lead vocalist for the hip hop group Digital Underground...
  
  
• Spice 1
  Spice 1
  Robert L. Green, Jr., better known by his stage name Spice 1, is an American rapper from Hayward, California. He has consistently been releasing solo and group albums since 1992. Spice 1 was ranked number 56 in The Source magazine's Top 115 Hip-Hop Artists from 1988–2003...
  
  

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• The Team
  The Team (band)
  The Team is a hip hop group from The Team is a [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group from The Team is a [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group from [[Oakland, California|Bay Area] and [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]]...
  
  
• Too Short
• Totally Insane
  Totally Insane
  Totally Insane was a hip hop group from East Palo Alto, California, whose members were Mac-10, Ad Kapone and Scoot Dogg. They were signed to In-a-Minute Records from 1991 to 1995.-Biography:...
  
  
• Traxamillion
  Traxamillion
  Traxamillion is a hip hop producer from San Jose, California.He has become one of the most watched producers in the industry with hits such as Keak da Sneak's "Super Hyphy" and Dem Hoodstarz "Grown Man Remix". His first album, The Slapp Addict, was a compilation of Bay Area hyphy artists. The Slapp...
  
  
• Turf Talk
  Turf Talk
  Turf Talk , is a Bay Area rapper at the forefront of the hyphy movement. His unique style of delivery has earned both local and national acclaim...
  
  
• Tha Truth