East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop
East Coast hip hop
Stylistic origins	Hip hop; contemporary R&B; disco; funk; jazz;
Cultural origins	Early to mid-1970s, The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Fusion genres
	New jack swing; Jersey club; Baltimore club;
Local scenes
	New York ; New York City New Rochelle Mount Vernon Long Island Yonkers Buffalo Rochester Syracuse New Jersey ; Jersey City Newark East Orange Irvington Paterson New Brunswick Trenton 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 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.

↑ Ruth Blatt (April 10, 2014). "Why Rap Creates Entrepreneurs". Forbes. Retrieved November 25, 2019.

[1] Ruth Blatt (April 10, 2014). "Why Rap Creates Entrepreneurs". Forbes. Retrieved November 25, 2019.

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East Coast hip hop
Stylistic origins	Hip hop contemporary R&B disco funk jazz
Cultural origins	Early to mid-1970s, The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.^[1]
Fusion genres
New jack swing Jersey club Baltimore club
Local scenes
New York New York City New Rochelle Mount Vernon Long Island Yonkers Buffalo Rochester Syracuse New Jersey Jersey City Newark East Orange Irvington Paterson New Brunswick Trenton Camden Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Other topics
West Coast hip hop