East 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 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

- Nas
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- LL Cool J
- KRS-One
- Public Enemy
- DMX
- Heavy D
- Eve
- Chubb Rock
- De La Soul
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Naughty by Nature
- Big L
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Run-DMC
- Mobb Deep
- 50 Cent
- Jay-Z
- Kool Moe Dee
- Busta Rhymes
- Gang Starr
- Whodini
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

## East Coast hip hop record labels

- American King Music, founded in 2006 by Mims
- ASAP Worldwide, founded in 2011 by ASAP Rocky and ASAP Yams
- Babygrande, founded in 2001 by DJ Chuck Wilson
- Bad Boy Records, founded in 1993 by Sean Combs
- Blacksmith Records, founded in 2005 by Talib Kweli and Cory Smith
- Bloodline Records, founded in 2000 by DMX
- Cold Chillin' Records, founded in 1987 by Tyrone Williams
- D-Block Records, founded in 2001 by The Lox
- Dame Dash Music Group, founded in 2005 by Damon Dash
- Def Jam Recordings, founded in 1983 by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
- Definitive Jux, founded in 1999 by Jaime "El-P" Meline and Amaechi Uzoigwe
- Desert Storm Records, founded in 1997 by Duro and DJ Clue
- Diplomat Records, founded in 2002 by Cam'ron
- Dream Chasers Records, founded in 2012 by Meek Mill
- Duck Down Records, founded in 1995 by Dru Ha and Buckshot
- Enjoy Records, founded in 1962 by Bobby Robinson
- Flipmode Records, founded in 1994 by Busta Rhymes
- Fort Knocks Entertainment, founded in 2004 by Just Blaze
- Full Surface Records, founded in 2001 by Swizz Beatz
- G-Unit Records, founded in 2003 by 50 Cent
- Get Low Records, founded in 1999 by Memphis Bleek
- Good Hands Records, founded in 2002 by DJ Truth and Art Beeswax
- Griselda Records, founded in 2014 by Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine
- Ill Will Records, founded in 1999 by Nas
- Infamous Records, founded in 2000 by Mobb Deep
- Murder Inc. Records, founded in 1998 by Irv Gotti and Chris Gotti
- Loud Records, founded in 1991 by Steve Rifkind
- M3 Records, founded in 2003 by Masta Ace
- MVB Records, founded in 2006 by Abdel Russell
- Rawkus Records, founded in 1995 by Brian Brater and Jarret Myer
- Relativity Records, founded in 1982 by Barry Kobrin
- Roc-A-Fella Records, founded in 1995 by Jay-Z , Damon Dash and Kareem Burke
- Ruff Ryders, founded in 1988, by The Dean Family
- RSMG, founded in 2005 by Russell Simmons
- Select Records, founded in 1981 by Fred Munao
- Streetsweepers Entertainment, founded in 2000 by DJ Kay Slay
- Terror Squad Entertainment, founded in 1997 by Fat Joe
- Tommy Boy Entertainment, founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman
- TrapHouse Icon, founded in 2001 by Mark. R
- TVT Records, founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb
- Uptown Records, founded in 1986 by Andre Harrell
- Violator, founded by Chris Lighty
- ZNO Records, founded in 2001 by Benzino

## Related pages

- West Coast hip hop

## Infobox (music genre)

- **name**: East Coast hip hop
- **bgcolor**: darkblue
- **color**: white
- **cultural origins**: Early to mid-1970s, The Bronx, New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **fusiongenres**: * New jack swing
* Jersey club
* Baltimore club
- **local scenes**: ;New York
:
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
:
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