West Coast Rappers: Then and Now

Don't miss E-40 tonight on 106!

YG & E-40 - Groups are cool, but it's always impressive when a rapper can hold his own against the odds like YG and E-40.Don't miss E-40 performing his new music tonight on 106 & Park at 6P/5C!(Photos: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup; Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Tyga & Snoop Dogg - If Snoop Dogg had a musical godson, he would be Tyga. Both rappers have that Cali swag that's hard to duplicate, sick lyrical flow and success a billion times over!(Photos: John Ricard/BET; Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Cali Swag District & Digital Underground - It's 2012 and Cali Swag District is poppin', but they must realize that without the hot music and moves of Digital Underground.(Photos: Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc/Getty Images)The Rej3ctz & Def Jef - The Rej3ctz show how they take hip hop to new levels like Def Jef did at the height of his career. Def Jef was a '90s Cali rapper with New York swag and clearly an inspiration to the Rej3ctz!(Photos: Valerie Macon/Getty Images; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

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YG & E-40 - Groups are cool, but it's always impressive when a rapper can hold his own against the odds like YG and E-40.Don't miss E-40 performing his new music tonight on 106 & Park at 6P/5C!(Photos: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup; Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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