MC Eiht states that West Coast rap beefs during his era were primarily driven by gang affiliation and street politics rather than just rap rivalry.

“A lot of us came from gangbanging. You get me? So a lot of that was influential in what our beefs was outside of just you know, I didn't beef with [ __ ] across the country because I didn't know who they was and I just didn't think they was hard enough. You get me? Our beefs a lot of them as far as ”