where do the best rap & hip hop artists come from?

WEST SIDE!!- KILLAFORNIA

Well first of all. Lil Wayne is definitely not one of the best hip hop artists sorry. Eminem is from Detroit and a lot come from there and Cali and NY.

Compton Los Angeles California- Easy E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube (basically NWA), and The Game

Westcoast -

E-40

N.W.A.

Too $hort

Snoop

DJ Quik

2pac(moved to cali from eastcoast.)

Xzibit

The D.O.C.

Bone Thugs(either from cali or moved to cali.)

Eastcoast -

B.I.G.

Jay-Z

NaS

Big Pun

Busta Rhymes

DMX

Jadakiss

I think most of the Wu-Tang Clan(Raekwon,Method Man, etc.)

Rakim

Diddy

50 Cent

Cam'Ron

Fat Joe

Mos Def

Big L

The South -

UGK

Lil Wayne

T.I.

Ludacris

Mid-West/The North -

Kanye West

Eminem

WeST COaSt... New Boys, The Dogg Pound, NWA, The Game.... Shieet almos everybody

NY--brooklyn, harlem, queens

big L

big pun

mos def

busta rhymes

masta ace

cormega

wu tang

talib kweli

nas

onyx

biggie

cl smooth

ll cool j

chi, michigan, etc

common

slum village

lupe

kanye

royce da 5'9

bone thugs n harmony

snoop, dr. dre, and easy e is all i can think of from tha west...or 2pac if ur a fan of his XD

Lil Wayne New Orleans, Louisianna

Kanye West Chicago, ILL

T-pain Tallahasse,Florida

Xzibit Detroit,Michigan

Xduckit(Me) yes i am a rapper Hobart,Indiana

all over

e40 - west coast

crooked i - westcoast

kurupt - westcoast

dj quik - westcoast

Game - westcoast

snoop - westcoast

2pac - eastcoast but moved to the westcoast

dr. dre - westcoast

Bone thugs - mid west but moved to the west

kanye - midwest

twista - midwest

eminem - midwest but moved to the west

nelly - midwest

Lil wayne - South

young buck - south

plies - south

trick daddy - south

ludacris - south

young jeezy - south

T.I. - south

UGK - south

cassidy - east

jay z - east

nas - east

camron - east

jadakiss - east

biggie - east

DMX - east but moved to AZ and travels back and forth firm AZ to the east

some human beings do arise with all of their own lyrics... some human beings in part arise with their own lyrics, and get them from others to end off their album or have a track that fits the look they are going for.. others are not imaginitive in any respect, yet have the image and the voice to be stunning...So others write for them and get a very good inspect of it

new york most of the time.sad 4 sme bt mostly tru.or california smetimes

New Orleans, Lil Wayne

IDK what city though