(AllHipHop News) Kendrick Lamar is seen by many rap fans as the current king of the West Coast – a crown that was once worn by the Hip Hop icon 2Pac. Those are extremely big shoes to fill ...

Perhaps the most L.A. thing (aside from Rihanna literally getting caught in 405 traffic on her way to the award show) was Kendrick Lamar’s cover of Tupac and Dr. Dre’s “California Love ...

But it was a local rapper who brought the evening’s truest passion, as Compton-raised Kendrick Lamar unleashed a fiery cover of Tupac and Dr. Dre‘s 1995 West Coast anthem “California Love.” ...

Dre’s debut came a year after Tupac released his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now ... filming the music video for their song “California Love” on the streets of Compton during the popular ...

2Pac released four solo albums that made him an icon of the burgeoning West Coast rap scene, topping the charts in a blur of controversies, court cases, and hit singles like “California Love ...

“California Love” features two of the biggest names in rap history, Tupac and producer-rapper Dr. Dre. It also features singer Roger Troutman, singing with his signature “talk box ...

Suge Knight has a different story, telling BET in 2014 that he orchestrated the amalgamation of Tupac and Dre: “California Love” was released in December of 1995, and immediately, it became a hit.