[9] West Coast attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles for two years before homeschooling until graduation.

[14] In 2011, West Coast appeared as Sheila in an episode of the MTV series The Hard Times of RJ Berger, making her acting debut.

[19] In 2017, West Coast joined the supporting cast of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood for season four; she had ten appearances.

During this time, West Coast began releasing her own material for free download online, later recording a music video for the song "I Love Money".

She went on to release her mixtape Now You Know in 2013 featuring Snoop Dogg, French Montana, Ty Dolla $ign, Robin Thicke and Honey Cocaine.

[23] Riley Sky of Dropkick Divas Media gave the mixtape a grade of B−, saying "Now You Know accomplishes [the] mission" of "[selling] Chanel as an independent woman, its hip-hop-inspired vibe makes "Now You Know" fiercely individual".

[26] In 2014, West Coast confirmed that she had begun recording her debut studio album set to be released in 2016, which was originally projected to drop in 2014.

In 2015, West Coast released a new song that was featured on Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory called "Bass In The Trunk".