Westside-emoji

While the Love-You Gesture (🤟) or Vulcan Salute (🖖) are technically different, they are sometimes used in rapid digital communication to approximate the look of a hand gesture involving multiple fingers.

The gesture itself gained global prominence through 1990s West Coast hip-hop culture. It was popularized by artists like Ice Cube, WC, and Snoop Dogg. In a modern digital context, it is used to: westside-emoji

Many users, including artists like Jhené Aiko on Facebook, use the Open Hands emoji (👐) as a placeholder for the Westside sign. While the Love-You Gesture (🤟) or Vulcan Salute