Songwriters from California

American political advisor (born 1982)

Lorin Gabriel Ashton (born February 16, 1978), known professionally as Bassnectar, is an American DJ and electronic music producer.

American electric blues and blues rock guitarist

American musician

American actress

American guitarist

American rapper

musician

composer from the United-States

American musician

American musician and writer

American musician

American musician

American rapper, singer and songwriter

American musician, record producer and co-founder of Daptone Records

American musician, producer, and composer

Santiago Leyva (born October 19, 1988), better known by his stage name Fashawn, is an American rapper from Fresno, California. He first gained recognition for his debut studio album Boy Meets World (2009), which received critical acclaim and landed him on the cover of XXL Magazine's Top 10 Freshmen issue in 2010. He signed with Nas' record label Mass Appeal Records in 2014 to release his similarly-acclaimed second album and major label debut, The Ecology (2015).

Michael James Ryan Busbee (June 18, 1976 – September 29, 2019), known professionally as Busbee, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record executive, and multi-instrumentalist. He was known for his work in both pop music and country music, having written for acts including 5 Seconds of Summer, Keith Urban, Lady A, Maren Morris, Trisha Yearwood, Daughtry, and the Fray.

American artist, Grammy-nominated music producer, songwriter; member of Wallpaper

American musician

American composer and arranger (1916–2011)

American record producer and songwriter

American musician

American musician, record producer, and songwriter (1936–2022)

Marvin Jones III (born July 9, 1976), also known as Krondon, is an American rapper and actor from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the group Strong Arm Steady, along with rappers Phil Da Agony and Mitchy Slick. As an actor, Jones is known primarily for playing albino supervillains, including Tobias Whale in The CW series Black Lightning (2018–2021), and voicing Tombstone in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), a role he will reprise in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) and the Spider-Verse sequel Spider-Man: Beyond the Spide

American multi-instrumentalist and record producer (born 1978)

American playwright (1850-1933)

American songwriter, producer, sound engineer, and instrumentalist

American record producer

American musician and record producer (1946-2015)

American singer and musician

American musician

American screenwriter, producer, and actor

American musician

American singer

American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist

American musician

American musician

Canadian singer

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

American musician

American guitarist and songwriter (1948-2009)

American composer

American musician

American singer

American songwriter/composer/pianist/singer

African American musician, singer and songwriter

American songwriter and record producer

American composer

American singer and songwriter

American musician

American singer (*1973)

American musician

American musician

American musician

English-American singer and songwriter

American blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter

American musician (1949–1995)