J Cole does not claim fukking New York lmao have you ever heard a J Cole album in your life. Dude shouts out Fayetteville on damn near every other song
The West Coast been running shyt for a minute
TDE
Mustard
YG
Ty Dolla $ign
The Game
Tyga
Nipsey
Dom
Odd Future & Frank Ocean
That G-Eazy cat
Kid Ink
Macklemore
Sage the Gemini
Most top 40 songs you'll find that came out this past year come from Mustard and Ty Dolla Sign alone
Then you got all the cats that hopped on the wave
Jeezy (RIP)
Chris Brown (Show Me)
2 Chainz (I'm Different)
Drake (Who Do You Love)
Iggy (Fancy)
Wiz (You and Your Friends)
etc etc. damn near every club/bar I go to has a slew of Mustard songs or other west coast influenced joints playing back to back to back
The South is right behind them too