Thoro Members: Doc West

  Doc West A.K.A. Dr. Westcoast (born Gabrial Hernandez Jr. on November 1, 1989) is a Musician and Vice President of the independent hip hop label, The THORO Organization, and 1/2 member of the group Westcoast Cartel. He was born in Compton, CA & raised in Carson, CA.

  He grew up in small neighborhood in Carson known as Victoria Park. He attended Towne Ave. Elementary school where he met his childhood friends that he sometimes mentions in his songs. After graduating elementary school in 2000, he went to Glenn H. Curtiss Middle School. It was there, at the age of 12 (in 2001), where he started learning how to mix different tracks together, creating "blends" and "remixes" from acapellas and instrumentals of many songs. He went by the name of "G-Rizzle" and continued making mixes into his high school years.

  While he was attending Carson Senior High, he started making beats that included sample of many other musicians outside of the hip hop genre. The beats included such artists as Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and many other alternative rock groups. He would register online to many numerous message boards to promote and share his mixes and beats to other producers around the world. It was then, in 2005, where he met a DJ named DJ Dub Cee on a Westcoast message board. DJ Dub Cee listened to his mixes and enjoyed them so much that he recruited Doc West (then, G-Rizzle) to be part of his DJ Crew, Westcoast Cartel. G-Rizzle gladly accepted. DJ Dub Cee went on to introduce G-Rizzle to two other members of the group, Gatz & Liquid Strife.