A lot of nikkas. Especially in Ohio....the DMV, too. Before the south got popular, that's what nikkas who didn't like Wu tang listened to. Then No Limit came out.
They just don't know breh. In the 90s the South, West, and Midwest were a big musical family.
Cats in the South loved Deathrow, Ice Cube & Mack 10,Too Short & E-40, C-Bo, Bone Thugs, Dayton Family, Do or Die, Twista, etc. The West and Midwest loved Scarface, UGK, DJ Screw,Three 6 Mafia, early No Limit, Eightball & MJG, etc.
That's why so many of these artists stayed collabin' and touring in each other's cities.