| 单词 | gangsta |
| 例句 | It is important to keep in mind, though, that many rappers and hip-hop artists do not aim to glorify or romanticize gangsta life or culture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The music is very funky, not like the straight-up gangsta rap music I usually hear in the neighborhood, although there is a lot of cursing. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t never met the street gangsta known around here as Shark James, but I had heard enough grubbiness about him to know that you don’t be going around slapping his baby ma. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The majority of consumers of gangsta rap are white, suburban teenagers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Again, though, it is useful to put the commodification of gangsta culture in proper perspective. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z On an average night, one need engage in only a few minutes of channel surfing during prime-time hours to stumble across images of gangsta culture on television. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In this regard, it is helpful to step back and put the behavior of young black men who appear to embrace “gangsta culture” in the proper perspective. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I walked around the karate kickers and the gangstas and pushed open a heavy wooden door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When rap was born, the early rap stars were not rapping about gangsta life, but “My Adidas” and good times in the ’hood in tunes like “Rapper’s Delight.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Judging from the company he keeps, he’s a gangsta in sheep’s clothing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While rap is often associated with “gangsta life” in the mainstream press, the origins of rap and hip-hop culture are not rooted in outlaw ideology. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “They have gangs in Tangerine Middle School. They have kids with guns, man. Real gangstas. Some of them have AK-47s.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of these artists articulate a sharp critique of American politics and culture, and some reject the misogyny and violence preached by gangsta rappers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z None of the foregoing should be interpreted as an excuse for the violence, decadence, or misogyny that pervades what has come to be known as gangsta culture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It is possible that historians will one day look back on the images of black men in gangsta rap videos with a similar curiosity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The predictable response is: What about gangsta rap and the culture of violence that has been embraced by so many black youth? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Most Americans only come to “know” about the people cycling in and out of prisons through fictional police dramas, music videos, gangsta rap, and “true” accounts of ghetto experience on the evening news. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I tried to act gangsta, but I was grinning and laughing too hard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I grew up when all three rappers had West Coast gangsta rap hits on the radio, and defined a big chunk of that era's pop culture. Hologram Tupac: not a good sign for humanity 2012-04-19T20:04:48Z The music also traverses modern Los Angeles, invoking hard rock, gangsta funk and a whiff of surf-rock along with multiple schools of R&B. Miguel Thrives on Dualities in His New Album, ‘Wildheart’ 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “A Tribe Called Quest is not talking about your average gangsta,” Mr. Taylor told the Boston Globe in 1994. Malik Taylor, Phife Dawg of hip-hop’s influential A Tribe Called Quest, dies at 45 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z While Snoop Dogg may have been gangsta, Snoop Lion is rasta. SXSW 2013: Recapping the Music Festival 2013-03-18T14:58:24Z Is a gangsta the same as a gangster? ‘Jeopardy!’ Tells Contestant: A ‘Gangster’ Is Not a ‘Gangsta’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z James Franco's creepy gangsta character in this film is always intoning the words: "Spring Breeeeaaak …" in a state of bleary ecstasy, as if invoking, or desecrating, a quasi-religious icon. Spring Breakers – review 2013-04-04T15:58:00Z Headlining is LA gangsta originator/former N.W.A. member Ice Cube, who despite his present-day acting career and family-movie roles still has made some of the hardest rap albums ever released. KUBE 93 Summer Jam brings the new classics and old favorites for a two-day party at the Gorge 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The music docs, meanwhile, cover a subversive gay theatre troupe and the father of "gangsta samba", Bezerra Da Silva. This week's new film events 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z And so can the huge talents Wallace Smith and Rodney Hicks, who play a pair of creative and progressive rappers in the B plot, whom Douglas Sills' predictably Machiavellian record producer wants to keep gangsta. Review: Too much noise, not enough truth in Whoopi Goldberg's musical 2011-04-10T18:02:10Z Twenty-five years ago the Los Angeles suburb was the epicentre of a revolution, spawning NWA and hence gangsta rap. Kendrick Lamar – review 2013-01-21T11:38:30Z I wanted to be a gangsta my whole life. Snoop who? 2013-04-06T08:00:00Z He began with tracks of a gangsta bent, rapped pugnaciously to a DJ backing. B.o.B 2010-05-30T21:01:00Z My friends and I, still in elementary school, took our gangsta rap cassette tapes from our parents and older siblings. Losing John Singleton, the mentor I never met 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The guards attending the imprisoned Iokanaan sport combat gear and resort to gangsta rap. Salome 2010-06-24T23:24:00Z Before his death in 1992, Beck had become an inspiration and éminence grise for gangsta rap. The Fires That Forged Iceberg Slim 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Music journalists and fans delighted in Caldwell’s unique sound, which combined the gangsta rap he was raised on in Los Angeles with an ironic and darkly comic sensibility. Family says lax security allowed killing of rapper Drakeo 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Please give us a licence as I'm pwopa hoping to branch out in this field and next book gangsta rap artist Giggs. World of lather 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z These inferences tended to rest on rudimentary allusions: either racialized stereotypes about Hernandez falling into "gangsta life" after his father's death or simplistic assumptions about brain damage causing criminal acts. How portrayals of the NFL are shaping criminal justice reform 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z His personal life resembled a gangsta rap video that mixed violent, comic and countercultural overtones and ended with an inspirational beat. Gary S. Paxton, Whose Life of Extremes Brimmed With Music, Dies at 77 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Journalists and producers that called seeking “the hard-core ‘feminist’ trash of gangsta rap,” she noted, usually lost interest when they encountered instead “the hard-core feminist critique of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.” The Wide-Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Ice-T was one of the newcomers on the scene — he took his name as an homage to Slim and created a lucrative career as a pioneering gangsta rapper. The Mark Twain of hip-hop: How Iceberg Slim’s “Pimp” changed pop culture 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z “You said ‘gangster’s’ instead of ‘gangsta’s’ on that song by Coolio, so we take 3,200 away from you.” ‘Jeopardy!’ Tells Contestant: A ‘Gangster’ Is Not a ‘Gangsta’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Flipping through Gerrick D. Kennedy's reprisal of the late 20th century gangsta movement, I had a loud guffaw when brotha quips, “the N.W.A were to hip-hop what the Sex Pistols were to rock.” Chronicling the ascent and downfall of N.W.A — iconic, contradictory — in 'Parental Discretion Is Advised' 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z But, surprisingly, Adnan says the U.S. gangsta look is accepted in his neighborhood. US military legacy rubs off on Iraqi youth 2011-11-23T16:54:13Z The album spawned much of the dull gangsta boasting that Rock the Bells resists. Music Review: Hip-Hop History, Recreated by Those Who Made It 2010-08-29T23:06:00Z He found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. in the 1980s and went on to produce albums and oversee the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Game. Dr Dre beats any Olympic rap with headphone tactics 2012-08-03T16:05:51Z For the MTV resistant, however, a quick introduction: Odd Future hails from Los Angeles — home of much punk rock and gangsta rap, both of which the crew emulates, somewhat. Domo Genesis and the unsung depth of Odd Future 2011-09-29T18:40:09Z A mythologised rise from teenage crack hustler on the mean streets of New York to Eminem's protege, via a couple of assassination attempts, gave the rapper both gangsta credibility and commercial appeal. BBC Sound of 2003: Where are they now? 2012-12-28T08:09:27Z Kevin G tries to offset his nerdy mathlete vibe by performing a gangsta rap at the school concert. Fetch happens: why Mean Girls is the perfect teen movie 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z At times like these, Drake sometimes seems to be trying too hard to compensate for his lack of gangsta credentials with bravura displays of priapic overconfidence. Streets takeover: Charting Drake's progress 2011-02-07T12:37:43Z Up to that point, the rapper flooded the cramped downstairs space with an endless array of gangsta rap, the same kind that typified 1980s pioneers N.W.A. and Ice-T. G Herbo brings the energy and the intimacy at Black Cat 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The rest of the box was full of gangsta rap, which my embarrassed Mum used to love listening to as she drove around a load of 11 year olds. RIP Walkman: readers' playlist 2010-10-27T11:28:00Z Alex didn't pull punches -- he slapped on his gangsta face and busted out some New Jack Swing. Judges show their claws on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-01T12:01:00Z In Los Angeles, where 2Pac still exists as gangsta rap’s patron deity, Morrison levitates just above him in the civic hagiography. The Doors defined California cool in the ’60s. How does their legacy stack up 50 years later? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z He survived, and accused New York gangsta rap figurehead Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace of setting up the hit. Slow Burn: The podcast exploring the murders of Biggie and Tupac 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Sure enough, the Oxford English Dictionary defines gangster as “a member of a criminal gang, esp. one involved in organized crime,” while it defines gangsta as “a member of an urban territorial gang.” ‘Jeopardy!’ Tells Contestant: A ‘Gangster’ Is Not a ‘Gangsta’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Her lyrics are interesting, too: fluid, ambiguous, hard to decipher, they mix up gangsta talk – "Some some some I murder" – with patois, London slang, silliness, personal observation. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z I remember when gangsta rap exploded in the late '80s, giving disenfranchised teens on the West Coast a voice. Losing John Singleton, the mentor I never met 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z That was the tattooist's mistake, he said; it was supposed to say "gangsta." US military legacy rubs off on Iraqi youth 2011-11-23T16:54:13Z Later in the twentieth century, there was nothing surprising about the political engagement of Bob Geldof or Bono or the social and political dimensions of gangsta rap. What "Yesterday" — and everyone else — forgets about the Beatles 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z He joked: “There’s tweets in Congress now? Trump is so gangsta. He lied on Twitter during a hearing about him lying on Twitter. He was live-lying the hearing. I’m honestly flabbergasted by this whole thing.” Late-night TV roundup: 'Trump lied on Twitter during a hearing about him lying on Twitter' 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Even when I came home from church, we’d see gangstas and that was more appealing.' Snoop who? 2013-04-06T08:00:00Z He talked about his son O’Shea Jackson Jr., who plays Cube in the film, the therapeutic value of gangsta rap, and what would be lost if “Compton” did not get a nomination. Ice Cube and the Obstacles Facing ‘Compton’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It might seem that gangsta rap’s staple subjects — drug dealing, shootouts, big spending, wild women, treachery, parties, paranoia — had long since exhausted every verbal possibility. The Week Ahead: NOV. 21 ? 27 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z In a society that tolerates or rewards hazing, gangsta rap and trash talk in sports and in political discourse, boys may think that parading their domination over others is a sign of maturity or machismo. Bully: A Punishing Movie Your Kids Must See 2012-03-29T10:45:20Z We looked like skinheads crossed with LA gangsta rappers. Robyn: unchained melodies 2010-06-16T20:31:00Z The city, once known for its violent gang-ridden streets, hosts a gospel music festival to specifically counter the gangsta rap images that are still associated with the city. Suge Knight remains stuck in a gangsta rap past 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z “If you aspire to be a gangsta rapper, by definition your lyrics need to be violent,” said Charis Kubrin, an associate professor of criminology, law and society at the University of California, Irvine. Rap lyrics can be used as ‘smoking gun’ in criminal cases 2014-03-28T02:01:41Z City,” doesn’t endorse the gangsta life he observes, but onstage he barked his songs as if they were triumphal rather than wary. Critic’s Notebook: Axl Rose and Kanye West, Heroes of Governors Ball 2013-06-10T21:53:47Z Lamar was born into a close family in the famously troubled Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton in 1987, as gangsta rap was beginning to break nationwide. Review | ‘The Butterfly Effect’ charts Kendrick Lamar’s evolution from platinum-selling rapper to protest artist 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z He wrote about the changing structure of organized crime and even the growing popularity of gangsta rap among white, middle-class, suburban youth. Daniel Bell, Ardent Appraiser of Politics, Economics and Culture, Dies at 91 2011-01-26T16:05:52Z The album became a blueprint of sorts for West Coast gangsta rap, and his production style of incorporating slow hypnotic grooves, soulful vocals and heavy samples of Parliament and Funkadelic birthed the G-funk subgenre. Chris Brown party shooting: Another chapter in the life of Suge Knight 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The crux of his tale is a crisis, when a mentor told him that his dancing was “cool but not gangsta enough.” Review: From Lil Buck, History and a Chance to Flash Some Brilliance 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z He situates his subject not merely as an anti-establishment writer who influenced dozens of others, but also as the literary godfather of gangsta rap. Review: ‘Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim’ Studies the Life of a Pimp 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Mustard, and Sickamore concentrated on doing one thing — West Coast gangsta rap — extraordinarily well. Low record sales mean hip-hop artists must diversify to attract major music labels It gets a negative press because of gangsta rap. Kate Prince, choreographer – portrait of the artist 2012-10-09T17:15:01Z Davis, who died in 1991, was a rock star before there were rock stars, gangsta long before hip-hop. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “It turns out that ‘gangsta’ and ‘gangster’ are both listed separately in the Oxford English Dictionary, each with its own unique definition. ‘Jeopardy!’ Tells Contestant: A ‘Gangster’ Is Not a ‘Gangsta’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z A native of Compton – the tough South Central LA neighbourhood where gangsta rap was born – Lamar isn't afraid to write songs that celebrate a lifestyle of ease and recreation. This week's new live music 2013-01-12T06:00:12Z And Clarence begins a quick defense of his taste, studded with the n-word, that also makes a flashy British pop star sound like a gangsta from Crenshaw. George Michael Mattered Beyond the Music 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Muse Productions His real name is Al, but the Tampa gangsta drugsta played by James Franco calls himself Alien. Spring Breakers: James Franco as the Wizard of Odd 2013-03-14T14:32:19Z In the foreword for Mr. McCurdy’s book, Rihanna writes that Mr. McCurdy did not even know who she was the night she rolled into Whatever, to her delight: “I remember thinking this guy is gangsta.” You Want This Tattoo? Get in Line. 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Freddie Gibbs presented himself as the keeper of a disappearing genre — gangsta rap — but turned traditionalism into swagger, performing bare-chested and rattling off verse after verse a cappella, barely taking a breath. Critic’s Notebook: Axl Rose and Kanye West, Heroes of Governors Ball 2013-06-10T21:53:47Z At first he thought: “Didn’t I say ‘gangsta?’ ‘Jeopardy!’ Tells Contestant: A ‘Gangster’ Is Not a ‘Gangsta’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Beyonce sent her thanks to label boss Rob Stringer "for being such a gangsta" Daltrey honoured for cancer work 2014-04-25T11:27:25Z Rappers still tend to get typecast as musicians or gangstas; few have broken beyond it on a regular basis. Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man gets serious about a career in Hollywood 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Michael "The Big Hurt" Lynche "The Way You Look Tonight" 1964 I loved The Big Hurt tonight because he was gangsta in that hat. 'Vera, did he just call out B-5?' ... 'No Phil, he said Lee DeWyze!' 2010-05-05T14:18:00Z He was exonerated, but the charges further blurred the line between gangsta fact and gangsta fiction — and added to the legend. Suge Knight, a link who'd lost connection 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z It didn't hurt that Knight was an imposing figure who chomped cigars and exuded power like a gangsta mogul. Suge Knight, a link who'd lost connection 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Speaking for the lost generation – the gangstas, the drug dealers. Snoop who? 2013-04-06T08:00:00Z But are they delusional gangsta wannabes or an authentic voice of the street? TV highlights 11/07/2012 2012-07-10T18:59:01Z Vaudeville, as far as comedy’s concerned, was like gangsta hip-hop. Patton Oswalt on the Unsavory Business of Joke Theft 2013-06-20T17:38:33Z Gerald E. Heller, a veteran music manager who helped introduce N.W.A. to the masses and promoted gangsta rap to mainstream audiences, died on Friday at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 75. Jerry Heller, Music Manager Who Promoted N.W.A. and Gangsta Rap, Dies at 75 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z She is, after all, a self-proclaimed “gangsta Nancy Sinatra” — which is perhaps her way of warning us that she’s intentionally going for that naughty blond deer in the headlights effect. As ?SNL? season ends, signs of a coming shift 2012-05-16T04:30:00Z The podcast also investigates the issues that gave rise to gangsta rap and the shockwaves it sent. Slow Burn: The podcast exploring the murders of Biggie and Tupac 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “Murder Ballads,” though, stands out, if only because it’s so ostentatiously, gleefully offensive — Eminem’s gangsta fantasies seem pallid compared to the 14 minutes of high-spirited murder that is “O’Malley’s Bar.” The 12 greatest albums of the ’90s 2014-05-10T15:00:00Z N.W.A, the pioneering gangsta rap group, is only the fifth hip-hop act to join the Rock Hall, after Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Selects N.W.A and Cheap Trick for Class of 2016 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The number one gangsta rapper who, along with Michael Jackson, is the most controversial entertainer in the States, has a Rizla full of "chronic" in one hand and a soggy brown cloth in the other. Snoop Doggy Dogg: 'Ain't nobody else bigger than me but Michael Jackson' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-07-03T14:20:00Z As for the gangsta/gangster mix-up, he agreed with the judges. ‘Jeopardy!’ Tells Contestant: A ‘Gangster’ Is Not a ‘Gangsta’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The Coup cleverly employ that parched G-funk backing of gangsta rap, but without the sexism. Readers recommend: songs about criminals ? results 2011-03-31T12:49:24Z The Compton shown in the movie isn’t the shoot-’em-up Wild West of gangsta rap lore. ‘Black or White’ Stars Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The latter coldly illustrates a murder setup over simple thumps and taps, flexing Gates’ lyrical skills and sparing any clichéd glorification of gangsta tropes. Kevin Gates: ordinary name, extraordinary Southern rapper | Concert preview 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Born Tracy Lauren Marrow, Ice-T, 57, was raised in Los Angeles and was one of the early stars of gangsta rap. Ice-T: 'What's my favourite smell? Money' 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z In a 1993 article in The New York Times about the boiling controversy over gangsta rap, she likened it to crack. The Wide-Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z At one point, he also insisted that Little Cloud was “a sweet gift of love but also gangsta and powerful.” New at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade: A Sunny Little Cloud 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Right from the start, they had a clear strategy, ignoring the gangsta rap ghetto, and concentrating on college campuses "until every single college kid" knew them, and then they got a record deal. Will.i.am: 'I want to write code!' 2012-12-15T23:00:05Z ‘Paper Planes’ was making fun of being what American kids are into, of being ‘gangsta.’ M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z One is known as a gangsta, and one has done time on the inside. 2009-12-18T20:01:00Z But alongside Cole, Drake might well be spearheading a fresh crop of post-thug rap artists who may continue the trend set by Kanye West: commercially outplaying the gangstas. Drake/ J Cole ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:38Z The record sold by the barrowload – particularly to white suburban kids desperate to clamber aboard gangsta rap’s chrome-wheeled bandwagon – but nobody plays it much today. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Beck’s 1977 novel “Death Wish,” about the Mafia in Chicago, even suggests ways to channel gangsta masculinity toward socially productive ends. The Fires That Forged Iceberg Slim 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Neighbors began referring to it as a "gangsta garden" and Finley as the "Gangsta Gardener." "This is food security for us": How community gardens are persisting through the pandemic 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Baltimore is so Baltimore, one of the only places in the world where kids grow up admiring hustlers and trigger happy gangstas more than professional athletes and famous entertainers. The plight of young hoop stars who don't go pro 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z Remember that infamous 1989 concert in Detroit where gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A. performed their notorious hit “F--- Tha Police,” and a swarm of police officers rushed the stage as the rappers fled the scene? Meet the hippie and the beatnik who orchestrated D.C. aural history 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Most rappers charged in recent cases have been amateur performers who aspire to fame, even though gangsta rap is no longer as popular as it was, having been supplanted by more mainstream party music. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z Gang Starr were acclaimed as leaders of jazz-rap, a more literate and musically wide-ranging genre than gangsta rap. Guru obituary 2010-04-21T16:33:00Z Now he’s swapped zombies and gangsta rap for saving the free world – and at 6ft 3in, pity whoever gets in his way. Shannon Purser: ‘People have actually had Barb’s face tattooed on their bodies’ 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z “If you aspire to be a gangsta rapper, by definition your lyrics need to be violent,” said Charis E. Kubrin, an associate professor of criminology, law and society at the University of California, Irvine. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z But of all the deeply controversial gangsta rappers, he is also probably the most charming and has the best sense of humour. Glastonbury 2010: I love Snoop Dogg the artist ? but despise him as a man 2010-06-27T18:59:00Z “Those ‘male tears’ cups are gangsta,” Jacob Dorland, an information security consultant, said approvingly. Pottery Is the New Pilates, and Macramé Takes Away the Crazy 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Snoop Lion: 'I wanted to be a gangsta all my life. Snoop who? 2013-04-06T08:00:00Z Gibbs is from what he calls the "raw" section of Gary, Ind., and his gangsta rap deals with stuff he's seen. CMJ Music Festival: Five Bands in One Night 2010-10-25T15:00:00Z “To white-dominated mass media, the controversy over gangsta rap makes a great spectacle,” she wrote. The Wide-Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z “I like having gangsta rap and zydeco on the same album,” he said. Music: Serving Pop Stars, but on a Skewer 2011-06-09T12:00:00Z In their best songs, the joke is never directed at a specific performer; rather, it’s on them — these three white guys from the Bay Area, posturing like gangstas while rapping about cupcakes. This Ain?t Weird Al 2011-02-20T05:00:19Z Some of my best friends in the music business are gangsta rappers. Lupe Fiasco: 'I'm afraid Chicago is dying' 2012-10-03T19:18:00Z The first trailer has arrived for "Straight Outta Compton," F. Gary Gray's biopic about the seminal music group N.W.A., and it positions the movie as a gangsta rap origin story with a timely political edge. 'Straight Outta Compton' trailer: Music as a weapon in NWA origin tale 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s a strong, 22-track collection of trunk-rattling beats and gripping gangsta narratives delivered in a baritone voice with an unpredictable, emotive expressiveness. Kevin Gates: ordinary name, extraordinary Southern rapper | Concert preview 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The Gene's Liquor site uses a gothic-English script from bootlegged gangsta rap T-shirts, and the crew admits their tastes can be alienating. Underground music hero Delroy Edwards fosters an above-board approach 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z At the podcast’s centre is a US still reeling from the 1992 LA riots, and in the grip of moral hysteria over gangsta rap. Slow Burn: The podcast exploring the murders of Biggie and Tupac 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Mumford & Sons Babel Coop It's happened even in hip-hop, of all genres, one thoroughly brutalised by gangsta rap. Mumford & Sons; Tom Odell – review 2012-12-16T00:06:02Z Few readers will get everything here — I loved Klosterman’s hilarious comparison of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. and the Oakland Raiders, but couldn’t quite follow his detailed dissection of the team’s running game. ‘I Wear the Black Hat’: the essential anatomy of a villain 2013-08-28T22:25:51Z For the first time in two decades, he and a few surviving members of the hip-hop group N.W.A will reunite to perform some of the records that put gangsta rap on the map. A guide to BET Experience shows that are worth catching 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Friends and family attended the ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard, including Dr. Dre, a former fellow member of the seminal "gangsta" rap group N.W.A. Ice Cube gets Hollywood star, thanks all 'who helped me get here' 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z If gangsta rap on Broadway seems an improbable thing, Jackson points to such groundbreaking shows as “American Idiot,” which used Green Day music, and the rock musical “The Who’s Tommy.” Christopher Jackson shines in Tupac musical 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z It was groundbreaking rap about ghetto life that became one of the most powerful social commentaries of its time, laying the groundwork for the gangsta rap of the late 1980s. Sylvia Robinson, Pioneering Producer of Hip-Hop, Dies at 75 2011-09-30T04:57:17Z The most gangsta dude in the neighborhood he might be into anime or something, you know? Talib Kweli on hip-hop, Rudy "Ghouliani" and how Kanye West can make amends for supporting Trump 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z He dabbled in gangsta rap himself as a teen before realizing it was a dead-end creatively. Lupe Fiasco: 'I'm afraid Chicago is dying' 2012-10-03T19:18:00Z But once we started talking about the video, there was this attitude which came from gangsta rap, and I thought it wasn't representing them. How Michel Gondry became cinema's most versatile director 2010-12-09T22:30:00Z Growing out of the housing projects and ghettos on the West Coast in the 1980s, gangsta rap made the gritty reality of gangs, violence and drugs central features. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z Eazy E was not just the godfather of gangsta rap, he was the one member of the N.W.A with eyes and ears closest to the streets. Chronicling the ascent and downfall of N.W.A — iconic, contradictory — in 'Parental Discretion Is Advised' 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z I’m a black American hip-hopper from the hood, and ‘White Christmas’ is gangsta to me.” Where are the new Christmas classics? It’s increasingly hard to write a seasonal song that becomes a standard. 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Dre’s story is more fascinating, incorporating as it must the emergence of a subgenre — gangsta rap — within the larger creation story of rap and hip-hop in the 1980s. Review | HBO’s ‘The Defiant Ones’ is a lesson in keeping an open mind — and open ears 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It certainly didn’t invent gangsta rap, but it was the first to alchemize it into the dominant soundtrack of American party music. Perspective | 25 years later, Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ remains rap’s world-building masterpiece 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The Elgin-born playwright is no gangsta rapper, though you can't deny the social dysfunction and casual violence of her view on the world. The Artist Man and the Mother Woman – review 2012-11-08T17:26:40Z We felt like more than just being a black movie, we didn't think that would be an obstacle more than the subject matter of gangsta rap. Ice Cube and the Obstacles Facing ‘Compton’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Death Row took the hip-hop industry by storm, expanding on the popular gangsta rap genre. Barber to hip-hop stars cut it close most of his life 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z He wasn’t a gangsta, just a regular guy who loved ladies, and greasy chicken cheese steaks with extra provolone from Mama Mia’s. Gunplay is all I know 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z L.V. recorded multiple vocal tracks that Rasheed combined to sound like a large choir singing a haunting refrain, as well as the chorus: “Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta’s paradise.” The Story of ‘Gangsta’s Paradise,’ Coolio’s Biggest Hit 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Pulling from gangsta rap, psychedelic funk, hard bop and neo-soul, it’s a word-drunk magnum opus that can still feel at times like a taut psychological thriller. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Exasperated, he also mentions how studio execs, keen to cash in on Scarface’s popularity in the gangsta rap community, wanted to re-release the film with a rap song on the soundtrack. Brian de Palma: 'Film lies all the time … not just 24 times a second' 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z With this album, Elliott was thinking beyond impulses like realism, which defined the rap of the eighties and the gangsta rap of the early nineties, and materialism, which preoccupied the new black conglomerate class. Missy Elliott’s “Supa Dupa Fly” Came From The Future 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z They were gangsta rappers, and consequently found themselves behaving in a gangster-like manner. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z Ruby also lives in Compton, a city directly southeast of Los Angeles and probably best known to most Americans as the backdrop for gangsta entertainments. Movie Review: ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ Directed by Ava DuVernay 2012-10-11T23:09:07Z Like the early gangsta rap stars, the founding fathers forge rhyme, reason and a sovereign identity out of tumultuous lives. Review: In ‘Hamilton,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda Forges Democracy Through Rap 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z “I got introduced to the Doors by a documentary,” says South Central’s G Perico, one of Los Angeles’s best and fastest-rising new gangsta rappers. The Doors defined California cool in the ’60s. How does their legacy stack up 50 years later? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Yet his gangsta posturing is less affecting than the new track Daughters, wherein he wryly and self-mockingly bemoans fathering a teenager with a penchant for bad boys. Nas – review 2012-10-03T16:33:59Z The 25-year-old may rap about guns, but he's far from a gangsta rapper. Kendrick Lamar: rise of a good kid rapper 2012-12-08T00:01:00Z The gangsta rappers Naughty by Nature, whose breakthrough single “O.P.P.” also turns 25 this year, will open. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 28-Nov. 3 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “I’m gangsta, like with an A at the end,” Piper tells a fellow inmate, who brushes past her en route to the lake. ‘Orange Is the New Black’ returns, darker and more relevant than ever 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z "I thought, 'They are so swamped with American culture, American music, American clothes, the whole gangsta rap thing, but they know nothing about the Britain I grew up in.'" Roy Williams: Confessions of an uncool kid 2010-06-07T20:31:00Z For today's generation of L.A. hip-hop, who grew up after the ravages of violence depicted in '90s gangsta rap, the kind of tumultuous lifestyle embodied by Knight was something to flee. Suge Knight remains stuck in a gangsta rap past 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z The lawsuit stems from his days at "gangsta" rap label Death Row Records, which he co-founded. Dr. Dre wins judgment over "Chronic" reissue 2011-04-21T00:37:10Z Jesse was a cynic long before that -- a white boy who rebelled against his upper-middle-class parents' sanctimonious coldness and remade himself as a faux gangsta who was all about getting paid and laid. Recap: "Breaking Bad" 4x3, "Open House" 2011-08-01T18:30:00Z But he’ll take a big payday by pretending to be a gangsta — he swipes his invented biography from the plot of Boyz N the Hood — and putting James through a regimen of hurt. Don't Tell Anyone, But I Kind of Liked Get Hard 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Snoop, who purchased infamous gangsta rap brand Death Row Records in 2022, was also a member of the esports group FaZe Clan’s board of directors until earlier this year. Why Snoop Dogg and his son are launching Death Row Games: 'You gotta have representation' 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say the shooting followed clashes between rival East Coast and West Coast groups for dominance in the musical genre dubbed “gangsta rap.” Ex-gang leader to get date for murder trial stemming from 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Prosecutors allege Shakur’s killing in Las Vegas came out of competition between East Coast and West Coast groups over dominance in a musical genre then dubbed “gangsta rap.” Defendant in Tupac Shakur killing loses defense lawyer ahead of arraignment 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Wearing a shiesty has become synonymous with the subgenre of drill rap, which takes cues from the antagonistic gangsta rap genre. Ski-mask street fashion trend pays dividends for robbers, killers 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The dawn of gangsta rap in the early 1990s turned hip-hop into even more of a boys club. Hip-hop: Eve on five female MCs who changed the genre 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Prosecutors allege Shakur’s killing stemmed from a rivalry and competition for dominance in a musical genre that, at the time, was dubbed “gangsta rap.” Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting will appear in a court in Las Vegas 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z A rival "gangsta" rap star from the New York-based label Bad Boy Records, Christopher Wallace, was shot to death in Los Angeles in March 1997 in a murder that still remains unsolved. Tupac Shakur: prosecutors charge Duane Davis in 1996 shooting of US rapper 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z West Coast, gangsta rap — that aesthetic drives everything that I do. What can a coloring book reveal about the absurdity of carceral logic? 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Though it wasn’t always easy for that aspect of the culture to cut through the gangsta personification that was driving big business for record labels. Granderson: For 50 years, hip-hop has been a way for Black men to express vulnerability 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z During the early days, hip-hop itself was being questioned, and later, the genre was being condemned as “gangsta rap.” Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Because the way I grew up, I’m into house, I’m into tech, I’m into gangsta rap, I’m into all of that. It will always be from Compton Ave and Century Blvd to the world for Rush Davis 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z When Ice Cube and N.W.A came up and the media branded the “reality” genre “gangsta rap,” Ice-T said, he pronounced himself the “original gangster” who started it. Rapper Ice-T feels the love at Hollywood Walk of Fame: 'You are indeed the real O.G.' 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Joining them for other performances were big names from 1980s hip-hop, such as Run-DMC, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Public Enemy, and Ice T, the latter of whom is often considered “the godfather of gangsta rap.” Hip-hop's greats unite to salute the genre's 50th anniversary at 2023 Grammys 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z In essence, Vanilla Ice’s success helped lay the groundwork for the gangsta rap that killed his career. Review: 'The Number Ones' examines backstories behind pop's biggest hits 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Dogg recalls a summit where Warwick invited him and other gangsta rappers to her house, warning them to stop using inflammatory lyrics about women. Twitter maven Dionne Warwick wants a meeting with Elon Musk: 'Where's your head?' 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Whatever the underlying music, Oddisee offers sharp, wide-ranging observations that forgo gangsta posturing. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The LP, was released at the height of gangsta rap at its most brooding and stigmatized. Appreciation: Why Coolio's death is hitting millennials so hard 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z "I'm trying to get rid of that jacket that's been put on my back - that I'm a gangsta rapper," he said in 1995. How Gangsta's Paradise changed the course of hip-hop 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Eric waved away his concerns and assured him the look was “gangsta.” Adidas slides are the world's most uncomfortable sandals that refuse to die 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Snoop and Eminem previously traded barbs over a perceived snub by the gangsta rap pioneer last summer when he said that Eminen wouldn’t make his list of top 10 rappers of all time. Eminem, Snoop Dogg join forces (and hometowns) in rapid-fire 'From the D 2 the LBC' 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In her 1994 book "Outlaw Culture," bell hooks included a chapter on "gangsta rap." When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z But Kerr also needed a certain amount of gangsta — or just eyesight — to send Green to the bench way before the midway point of the fourth. Perspective | The Celtics should be on their way to the title. But … Stephen Curry. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z "In many ways, Gangsta's Paradise signalled the end of gangsta, or 'reality' rap as a cult. It lost the allure of the forbidden when you mum started singing along." How Gangsta's Paradise changed the course of hip-hop 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Fans on YouTube seemed to praise the video’s artistry overall and its tribute to gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E, and applauded Ye for putting his face on a table before the memes got around to it. What backlash? Kanye West is back to beating up an animated Pete Davidson in new video 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z L.A.'s most infamous gangsta rap brand is now in very familiar hands. Snoop Dogg buys Death Row Records, onetime label home and gangsta rap powerhouse 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z While his hometown might be canonically known for G-funk and gangsta rap, its mix of throwback and future-minded music left a deep impression on him as a teen. With Drake and Justin Bieber co-signs, Long Beach's Giveon looks to spin his R&B into Grammy gold 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The film stars Cannon as a former gangsta rapper seeking redemption as he returns from rehab to help out his father’s struggling church. Inside the new crop of 'raunchy as hell' Christmas movies shaking up TV 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Of all the metropolitan centers that have — at one time or another — been the capital of gangsta rap, the frosty Buffalo is an unlikely contender. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Like the time, in Season 1, when Will bets that his cousin wouldn’t last long in Compton, and Carlton winds up dressed like a gangsta. My Mustache, My Self 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z As Morris explained his actions after Sunday’s game — no apologizing — Lou Williams walked by and yelled “Keep it gangsta.” Snarly or shameful? Marcus Morris' actions draw criticism and support 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z And you have to know, my momma was real gangsta – she cursed a lot. 'When a woman raps, she spitting!' Megan Thee Stallion, the hot girl taking over hip-hop 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z We even have a motivational poster that reads: "Make a coffee, put on some gangsta rap, and handle it." 10 songs supporting the world through lockdown 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z But with his name, lyrics that included the N-word and an accompanying video that played on gangsta rap stereotypes, he also drew some anger. Asian rapper Rich Brian is proving he belongs in hip-hop 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “So-called gangstas, you better move gentle,” he raps, “Kill you with the number 2 lead from my pencil.” 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z It was around this time that he met Vanessa Laine, a 17-year-old he saw in a video where she performed as a “gangsta siren in a metallic bikini and heavy black eyeliner.” Kobe Bryant, from the start, was an athlete like no other 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Finally released after a series of delays – not to mention three albums that were apparently recorded, then scrapped – Schoolboy Q’s CrasH Talk completed his transformation from gangsta rapper to golf-playing proud father. Madonna, Motown and Mongolian metal: the music to listen out for in 2020 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Other songs summon the masculine bombast of gangsta rap. In seedy clubs on Turkey’s border, serenades to swaggering smugglers and dark tales from Syria’s war 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z When I, as the wannabe gangsta Ali G, asked the astronaut Buzz Aldrin “what woz it like to walk on de sun?” the joke worked, because we, the audience, shared the same facts. Read Sacha Baron Cohen's scathing attack on Facebook in full: 'greatest propaganda machine in history' | Sacha Baron Cohen 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The rapper Meek Mill wrote on Twitter that Mr. Hernandez was an “Internet gangsta.” Tekashi69’s Testimony Leads to Guilty Verdicts for 2 Gang Members 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the rapper Meek Mill tweeted that Mr. Hernandez was an “Internet gangsta.” Tekashi 69 Drops the Facade in Court and Is Just Daniel Hernandez 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Waiting for the down elevator, we watched another car disgorge a guy in a mouth mask and gangsta wear and two women sporting thigh-length platinum wigs, schoolgirl kilts and platform boots. He may hate the word 'buzz,' but Los Angeles magazine editor Maer Roshan is creating it 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The mayor added: "I'd never heard of gangsta rap. The Beatles were more my thing." Seaside bench for gangsta rapper Eazy-E 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Both kids are aspiring musicians: Thomas is the drummer and driving force in a radio-friendly pop-punk band; Bridget uses gangsta rap to express her anger at the world. Reviews: Indie ‘No Alternative’ dives into the ’90s, Olivia Wilde is ‘A Vigilante’ and more 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z When rapper Ice Cube declared in 2016 that the gangsta group was rock ’n’ roll, Butler identified. Inglewood's Fever 333 channels the activist, rap-rock spirit of a Rage Against the Machine 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z A quarter-century ago, Snoop Dogg was one of the most prominent faces on the burgeoning L.A. gangsta rap scene, sneering rhymes about the hardened street life that shaped him. 4 concerts to catch in the Washington area over the next several days 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z It was branded as the birthplace of gangsta rap, a reputation only bolstered by the rise of Death Row Records and Knight’s status as something of a hip-hop bogeyman. 'It's public grief' — At close of 'Suge' Knight saga, Terry Carter's family focuses on the man who died, not the man who killed him - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The onetime college football star and “gangsta” rap pioneer eventually lost control of his label in bankruptcy proceedings. Onetime rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight faces 28-year sentence for... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z He is opening a branch in Compton, the birthplace of gangsta rap, next month and aims to open in Watts soon after that. Is this the end for Locol's fight against America's food deserts? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Whyte is the tough-talking bruiser with the former gangsta lifestyle who couldn’t stop himself calling Joshua a “punk” in the build-up, while Parker is almost too polite for his own good. Dillian Whyte v Joseph Parker: heavyweight boxing – live! 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Two German rappers, Kollegah and Farid Bang, were investigated recently over their gangsta rap lyrics which referred insultingly to Auschwitz victims and the Holocaust. Germany to fight anti-Semitism in schools 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Small wonder, Simone later became a kind of godmother to gangsta rap’s hardest artists. Nina Simone: the growing legacy of a once underappreciated figure 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The boasting verses of “Hustlers Convention,” he noted, had led the way for gangsta rap — artists who focused on hustling and crime but failed to reflect on its consequences. Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, one of the Last Poets and earliest rappers, dies at 74 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The 32-year-old has certainly given fans of modern-day gangsta rap plenty to love, releasing mix tapes for 13 years before finally releasing his official debut album in February. 4 shows to catch in Washington over the next several days 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z “Yellow Bar Mitzvah,” released last year, is a rare German gangsta rap recording in which Hebrew features prominently in the lyrics. Jewish Rapper Takes On Germany’s Hip-Hop Scene 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Although some stores initially refused to stock stickered albums, gangsta rap opened the profanity floodgates and the stickers actually became a selling point to kids like Lizée, who “really wanted to hear these records”. May contain masturbation: the woman weaponising pop's Filthy 15 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z A stunning admission from a man who helped create the blueprint for gangsta rap. Snoop Dogg's latest reinvention is heaven-sent 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He was “downright sad,” he told the Guardian, that “Hustlers Convention” “introduced what they called gangsta rap on the scene, but they didn’t get the point.” Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, one of the Last Poets and earliest rappers, dies at 74 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z It was a risk at a time as there was a lot of hostility towards gangsta rap during the early 90s. How rock and rap combined to create Beats 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z I have toyed with delivering it gangsta style via private jet and cash in a gold suitcase. Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump supporters in Pennsylvania embrace his 'obnoxious' personality 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z If the boundaries between traditional gangsta rap, trap, and high-couture luxury hip-hop have become increasingly blurred, Drakeo incorporates elements of each but belongs to no party. L.A. rapper Drakeo the Ruler is a man in demand 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Separated by 10,000 miles and many centuries, gamelan and mariachi are much more distant historically, geographically and culturally than, say gangsta rap and Gregorian chant. The musical view from Mexico and Bali (by way of Northridge and Santa Monica) 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The American media had done its part to heighten public awareness to N.W.A.’s furious gangsta rap blueprint, and those who actually bothered to listen to the music instantly knew that they were hearing the future. Setting the records straight: A do-over for the Grammys’ album of the year 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Throughout the decade, his style ran counter to the gangsta rap that was climbing the charts and causing panic among parents in white suburbs. Hip-hop's unofficial ambassador Common 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Nick Spicher knows all about the heyday of hardcore hip hop, or “gangsta” rap. Everett ‘Jeopardy’ contestant wasn’t ‘gangsta’ enough 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z It can be hard to tell which of them are genuinely troubled and which are – like the fake gangstas of the crack era – trading off the glamour of drugs and pain. The death of Lil Peep: how the US's prescription drug epidemic is changing hip-hop 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Davidson is also using Facebook to taunt his would-be captors by publishing mock-up "wanted" posters describing himself a "gangsta and ladies man" and updates like "50 days tomorrow can I get a round of applause?" Shaun Davidson: Tracking Australia's most notorious jailbreaker - BBC News 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z “In Utero” or “The Chronic”? Grunge or gangsta rap? Setting the records straight: A do-over for the Grammys’ album of the year 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z “She was like – she killed it. Every look was right. She was gangsta with her clothes. She got oversize jackets. I loved everything she wore.” Queen of cool: how off-duty Diana became style’s new muse 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Critics also accused him of profiting off the violence depicted in the gangsta rap on his label. HBO's 'The Defiant Ones' a fascinating look at music's odd couple 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z He also notifies us that “there is no redeeming value in gangsta rap, nothing therein that saves the individual from evil or error” — apropos of not much. Review | When racism matters, but just not as much as everything else 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z He found a voice in gangsta rap, but he was more than just “thug life” and saw his music as a message of black liberation. Despite Demetrius Shipp's performance, 'All Eyez on Me' is a muddled vision of Tupac 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Nawaz argues that Islamism is cool to some in the same ways that punk rock and gangsta rap are perennially seductive. ‘Brexit,’ Mosul, Samsung: Your Wednesday Briefing 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The Democratic congressman who represents the Brooklyn congressional district where the late gangsta rapper grew up honored The Notorious B.I.G. on the 20th anniversary of his death. Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn Democrat, honors Notorious B.I.G. on 20th anniversary of his death 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z When asked in the series how he felt about making money from gangsta culture, Iovine said, “I was confused. … Am I defending free speech or am I funding Hamas?” HBO's 'The Defiant Ones' a fascinating look at music's odd couple 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Mothers upload a profile and choose three badges which best describes them - including 'single mum', 'sleep deprived' and 'spiritual gangsta'. Swipe right for new 'mum friends' - BBC News 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z There was something more than a little bit depressing about hearing Run-DMC playing catch-up in the gangsta rap marketplace, and 1990’s Back from Hell is the sound of a group stuck in an unenviable bind. Run-DMC – 10 of the best 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Strange Music’s unusually strict tour rules, meantime, helped its live business grow despite the difficulty that many rappers faced trying to tour in the wake of gangsta rap, the 1990s subgenre that glorified gang violence. A Record Company Benefits From Setting Rules on Music Tours 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Leto’s version of Batman’s archenemy is pure cartoony gangsta with gold chains, a silver grill for teeth, tattoos, shiny suit jackets, red lips and green hair. ‘Suicide Squad: Extended Cut’ review (4K UHD) 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Over productions that harken back to classic west coast gangsta rap, Giovanni lays his mack down with parading verses that replicate cruising with the top down. The year of the mixtape: the 15 greatest releases of 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z He has been called “the godfather of gangsta rap”, but really his songs were picaresque narratives that proved inspirational to everyone from Snoop Dogg and Notorious BIG to Danny Brown. Slick Rick: ‘You learn from prison time – what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But gangsta or not, his mere association with hip-hop will surely ignite the perennial argument — does rap belong in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Rock Hall nominee Tupac Shakur popularized a sound — and became a myth 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Donning bathrobe and slippers, he devotes a verse to hustlers and gangstas while moving in synchronized step with dancers down a hotel hallway. Watch Bruno Mars roll through Vegas celebrating booze, booty and '24K Magic' in his new track and video 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z It was what the Panthers were all about, what gangsta rap was all about, what the O.J. Kaepernick Had No Choice but to Kneel 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The sound was called G-funk – gangsta funk – and it would come to dominate hip-hop for years. Backstabbing, Moogs and the funky worm: how gangsta rap was born 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Although best known as the birthplace of gangsta rap and the hometown of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams, Compton has a long and vibrant equestrian history. They're cowboys _ and they're coming straight outta Compton 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z This year, Compton gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A were inducted into the Hall of Fame, making them the first West Coast rap act to achieve such status. Rock Hall nominee Tupac Shakur popularized a sound — and became a myth 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z They, too, favored the most anarchic corners of heavy metal and gangsta rap. When Music Is Violence 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Trench Town is no longer a war zone: Marley’s old neighbourhood is being dolled up; local recording studios churn out gangsta reggae; a few intrepid tourists venture into the area. Island story 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z But there was a big difference between sounding like a gangsta and being a gangsta. Backstabbing, Moogs and the funky worm: how gangsta rap was born 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z In Drake’s decade, the 2010s, fame itself – the escape-route alternative to crime pursued by gangsta rappers – has become a trap of its own. How Drake became the all-pervading master of hyper-reality rap 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z A study in contradictions, Shakur helped popularize a raw form of hip-hop known as gangsta rap while adding poetic insight and sensitivity to a new sub-genre that often lacked such depth. Rock Hall nominee Tupac Shakur popularized a sound — and became a myth 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Related: Prince a musical legacy like no other B is for Black Album After critics had said Prince was not black enough, he hit back with this darker, gangsta rap-influenced album. The A to Z of Prince 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z He may still be a gangsta — or at least a Hollywood version of one — but he was also telling us he’s a king. With (most of) N.W.A, Ice Cube insists he's still a gangsta at Coachella 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Combining it with the rough-and-tumble lyrics of gangsta rap merged the hard and the soft, the light and the dark. Backstabbing, Moogs and the funky worm: how gangsta rap was born 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Still, even the most party-hard, commodity-fetishising gangsta rappers have communicated some sense of the social backdrop that explains their feral drive for success and all its spoils. How Drake became the all-pervading master of hyper-reality rap 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z While they pioneered the genre of gangsta rap, he popularized it. Rock Hall nominee Tupac Shakur popularized a sound — and became a myth 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Well, now you can simulate the gangsta feeling of putting your firearm straight in your boxers, only with the added comfort of a double-walled denim pouch for abrasion resistance. Smartypants: the fart-filtering future of underwear 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Here was a gangsta rap pioneer turned famous movie star still being told no, just as he was during the group's early days chronicled in last year's hit biopic, "Straight Outta Compton." They're baaack: Coachella reunions of N.W.A and GNR promise a flashback to the angry '80s in L.A. 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z But it was the Ruthless gangsta rap group Above the Law that would directly claim credit for the G-funk sound, offering as evidence their early 1993 sophomore album Black Mafia Life. Backstabbing, Moogs and the funky worm: how gangsta rap was born 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Unlike drug use or listening to gangsta rap, no parent worries about their kids spending too much time at church. Apocalyptic upbringing: how I recovered from my terrifying evangelical childhood 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding the false dichotomies of old v new or conscious v gangsta, Phife’s influence is found in every part of rap. Phife Dawg: the socially conscious rapper who gave 90s hip-hop its good vibes 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z She has a really defined aesthetic that’s a hybrid of retro and now, with an interesting voice that we haven’t seen in a while: a female gangsta rapper. SXSW 2016: the insiders' guide on who to look out for this year 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z He said his father was "a pretty known gangsta in Long Beach," who threw regular parties on Friday nights. DJ plays it right to the edge at USC basketball games 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Specifically, Mr. Gray takes us back to the rise and fall of this 1980s gangsta rap super group with a director’s cut adding about 20 to the theatrical release. Blu-ray review: ‘Straight Outta Compton: Unrated Director’s Cut’ 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Violent movies, I would argue, are far more easily defensible on moral grounds, as are gangsta rap and first-person shooter video games. American football is too dangerous, and it should be abolished | Dave Bry 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z There was no more music, whether her preferred American gangsta rap or anything else. The story of a radicalisation: 'I was not thinking my thoughts. I was not myself' 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Although to call her a “gangsta rapper” is probably a little bit reductive – she just represents Oakland culture. SXSW 2016: the insiders' guide on who to look out for this year 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z An exception to this rule is KRS-One, who helped start the gangsta rap movement with his group Boogie Down Productions’ seminal debut, Criminal Minded, but later successfully segued to righteousness as the Teacha. Get clean or die tryin': what happens when rappers try to go straight? 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Heller claims the film portrays him as a villain who led to the breakup of N.W.A., which launched the careers for Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and sparked the rise in popularity of gangsta rap. Former N.W.A. manager files defamation lawsuit over 'Straight Outta Compton' film 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s the fake gangstas that Staples is more scornful of. Vince Staples: 'I started gangbanging because I wanted to kill people’ 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z While the gangsta lyrics and posturing are laden with cliché, there's still some novelty in sustaining a rap narration for nearly two hours. 'Tokyo Tribe' transfers hip-hop culture to Japan with uninspired violence and misogyny 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps, as he reaches his fifties, this is a sign of Will shading towards the kind of gangsta rap he so vocally eschewed in his younger years? Listen to Will Smith's first new song in 10 years 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z It’s a risky move, shaking off the gangsta posturing that made him famous, and Jeezy’s sales have suffered. Get clean or die tryin': what happens when rappers try to go straight? 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, "Straight Outta Compton," a film about the origins of the gangsta rap group N.W.A, led the summer box office for several weeks and featured the word more than 75 times. Yes, 'black-ish' is tackling that word head-on 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z “I have to be a ‘conscious rapper’, or a ‘gangsta rapper’, when I’m neither,” he says, eyes bulging again in exasperation, about how others try to pigeonhole his music. Vince Staples: 'I started gangbanging because I wanted to kill people’ 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z "When N.W.A puts Compton on the map, in terms of gangsta rap, they're in the throes of demographic change," said Albert Camarillo, a Stanford professor working on a book about Compton. Something different outta Compton: a black teen singing Mexican music 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z As a young journalist infatuated with the possibilities that lay within Cube's hyperarticulated tenor and Dre's minimalist funk, I had to stop covering gangsta rap for a while. Twenty-seven years later, N.W.A is still pushing hard, pushing buttons 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Despite often being the only girls in a room full of self-professed gangstas eager to boast onstage about guns, cops and women, J.J. Why was J.J. Fad and its 'Supersonic' success left out of 'Straight Outta Compton'? 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z N.W.A. helped popularize “gangsta rap” in the late 1980s, and even this hagiography can’t hide the fact that its legacy has endured to the detriment of poor black communities. Gangsta Rap’s Grim Legacy for Comptons Everywhere 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z “I know so many white girls that can gangsta walk better than you.” I’m black, but I’m uncomfortable around black people 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z How much of the pioneer group’s music -- which ushered in the gangsta rap genre -- be included considering its rampant misogyny and homophobia? Dr. Dre's assault on Dee Barnes was once included in 'Straight Outta Compton' 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The premiere of the rap biopic "Straight Outta Compton" went all gangsta on the Friday box office, riding strong reviews and favorable crowd reaction as parent studio Universal raced to an all-time box office record. 'Straight Outta Compton' raps to a big box office opening Friday 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Of the scores of screenwriters who might have authored the story of gangsta rap on the big screen, Jonathan Herman is not the most intuitive candidate. 'Compton' screenwriter makes the journey straight outta Connecticut 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Yet Ice Cube and other gangsta rappers would go on to great fame and fortune penning lyrics that claimed the reverse. Gangsta Rap’s Grim Legacy for Comptons Everywhere 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z "We should be benefiting from putting rap and gangsta rap on the map," she said. Violent 'Straight Outta Compton' isn't the real Compton, mayor says 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Longtime admirers of the Los Angeles ensemble, which helped create West Coast gangsta rap with its confrontational lyrics and defiant, physically aggressive performance, will surely flock to this long-awaited chronicle of the band’s swift rise. ‘Straight Outta Compton’ review: An enlightening portrait of N.W.A. 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Dre's favorite songs propel the movie, one about the rise of gangsta rap, "the strength of street knowledge" and the power of music as messenger. 'Straight Outta Compton's' music tracks sample culture's infancy 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z As opposed to the glossy Straight Outta Compton, McDaniel’s footage captures the gritty feel of what the classic Los Angeles gangsta rap scene was really like. 'West Coast Walter Cronkite': meet the man who captured NWA on camera 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Today, gangsta rap is no longer edgy or even very controversial. Gangsta Rap’s Grim Legacy for Comptons Everywhere 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The album went double-platinum and detonated gangsta rap into popular culture, upending hip-hop, infuriating politicians and law enforcement agencies, and immortalising Compton. Straight Outta Compton film puts California city back under scrutiny 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Audiences will soon relive the beginnings of gangsta rap as well when the highly anticipated and likely controversial film hits theaters Aug. 14. 'Straight Outta Compton' film about N.W.A echoes the past and present 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The track’s laid-back groove, anchored by a rippling conga pattern, was made memorable by DeVaughn’s cool delivery of the refrain, “Diggin’ the scene with a gangsta lean.” Celebrating the ‘Godfather of Soul’ the best way they know how 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Now 50, McDaniel has seen everything when it comes to LA gangsta rap. 'West Coast Walter Cronkite': meet the man who captured NWA on camera 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The movie is a story about Massachusetts logger and farmer Bob Tarasuk, who is described by organizers as “a charismatic workhorse and hard-head with a soft spot for golf and gangsta rap.” ‘Bob and the Trees’ wins Karlovy Vary film festival 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Kanye cockily believed himself capable of dethroning Fiddy – and he promptly did, forever banishing the Queens gangsta rapper to the realm of bodega drinks and self-help books. The enigma of Kanye West – and how the world's biggest pop star ended up being its most reviled, too 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Eventually they'd popularize a style that would go on to be called gangsta rap. 'Straight Outta Compton' film about N.W.A echoes the past and present 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile Cassetteboy has trawled through transcripts of David Cameron's speeches at Conservative party conferences to transform his speeches into a foul-mouthed gangsta rap. What is the Cut-Up Method? - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z At Little Sister in Manhattan Beach, gangsta rap plays in an industrial-chic space where distressed plaster walls are stenciled with punk rock lyrics. Young chefs are stirring things up in the Asian restaurant business 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Snoop Dogg continues to venture away from his gangsta rap persona, singing for much of the 10-track album, which is full of easygoing funk melodies. Review: Snoop Dogg’s funk-inspired album hits right mark 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z They are marquee stars of urban fiction, or street lit, a genre whose inner-city settings and lurid mix of crime, sex and sensationalism have earned it comparisons to gangsta rap. Ashley and JaQuavis Coleman: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Not a gangsta rapper, but my caddie got a knife. Bubba Watson is back rapping, this time as a featured artist on a Christian rap track: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Prosecutors at the trial used Herron's "gangsta rap" videos - in which he boasts about belonging to the infamous Bloods street gang, firing weapons and dealing drugs - to argue the lyrics documented his crimes. New York man gets life in prison after rap lyrics used as evidence 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “The stock market is gangsta,” one of his minions exclaims. ‘Get Hard’ review: Uneven satire scores some zingers, but also blunders 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Potentially controversial choices like gangsta rap are avoided. Listen to the Most American Playlist Ever 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z He did not elaborate but said Robinson faced a choice between a middle-class life and the “gangsta” path. Court documents: Wisconsin shooting victim was impulsive 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z That said, there’s a reason videos like “the cutest gangsta I know” still, occasionally, go viral. YouTube at 10: How an online video site ate the pop culture machine 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z That report concluded that “in just four years, he developed from a respected, but financially not very successful, ‘gangsta rapper’ to an internationally recognized propagandist of jihad and Salafism.” Rapper, Shaped by Tumultuous German Youth, Is Designated a Global Terrorist 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z As NWA, they pioneered gangsta rap, and remain one of the most important groups in rap history. Watch the first trailer for NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Boom 92, for example, started out with a song by the Geto Boys, a Houston gangsta rap group, and in Atlanta, the Radio One station Boom 102.9 opened with Ludacris, who grew up the city. Classic Hip-Hop Is Spreading on the Radio Dial 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z That’s because juries that are unaware of the conventions of rap music, particularly the violent “gangsta” subgenre, can easily be persuaded to conflate a defendant with the fictional persona in his songs. Prosecutors would rather read rap as a threat than as art Every generation has dealt with artists’ pushing the envelope, and gangsta rap was only the latest in a long line. The Death of Klinghoffer, The Metropolitan Opera, Freedom and Wisdom 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Taxi drivers still listen to “Russky Chanson,” Russian prison ballads that are something of a cross between gangsta rap and country and western music. Conflict Uncovers a Ukrainian Identity Crisis Over Deep Russian Roots 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Gamers who are more comfortable on the sofa than with living life on the edge can savour the feeling of being a real gangsta for a day in this virtual crime drama. Celebrity video games - in pictures 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Talking to him about the IPL is like “speaking to the vicar about gangsta rap”. KP: The Autobiography – ‘more score settling than an autobiography’ 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Coolio, the Californian who brought gangsta living to the masses, has arrived. Notorious BIG: 'I got feelings too, you know' 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The Glock semiautomatic black plastic pistol, with its reliability and large ammunition capacity, became a favorite of American police officers and mass murderers, Hollywood directors and gangsta rappers. The Glock Family Feud: Founder's Ex-Wife and Kids Speak Out for the First Time 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z A photo circulates of someone who is not Brown pointing a gun - like the menacing photo of a gangsta rapper that some said was Martin. Can Ferguson change the ‘ritual’ of black deaths? 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Take the essential elements of gangsta rap: the plainspoken narratives, throbbing bass lines and West Coast sheen. Shabazz Palaces brings mind-melding eccentricity to the Black Cat Before gangsta rap went hegemonic, hip-hop was a wide church, with a penchant for funk breaks and clever wordplay, soundtracking the good times and the hard. The 10 best… second albums 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z For the uninitiated, Azalea's speaking voice presents a girl from the Australian bush, while her rap delivery is more gangsta Nanny Fine. Iggy Azalea's American accent: identity smoke-screen or hip-hop survival? 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Some might say gangsta rap was made for this kind of job. Questions About Noise, Appliances and Common Charges 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z The bareness of the restaurant, the pounding gangsta rap and the menu of unreconstructed Korean stews speaks to an extremely specific Koreatown experience. Review: At Pot in Koreatown, Roy Choi's still messing with expectations 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Prosecutors used Herron's "gangsta rap" videos - in which he boasts about belonging to the infamous Bloods street gang, firing weapons and dealing drugs - to argue the lyrics documented his crimes. New York man convicted of murder after rap lyrics used as evidence 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z NWA was an American hip-hop group from Compton in Los Angeles and are widely considered as one of the pioneering acts of the gangsta rap and west coast hip-hop sub-genres. Release date out for NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Blessed with moneyed roots and a good orthodontist, the "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" chooses the more dissolute path of bad men and great parties with detours to trailer parks. Ultraviolence review: Lana Del Ray delivers more of the same 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z He subsequently declared that gangsta rap was dead and a decline in Death Row's sales seemed to suggest Dre was right. 10 reasons not to forget about Dre 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z It was the early 1990s, the era of “Boyz n the Hood” and “Colors” and gangsta rap. Setting Times stories to music: From Nancy Sinatra to Arctic Monkeys 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z "Pacers' pre-game locker room is pounding gangsta rap with Tiger and the Game," he to his more than 20,000 followers. Should offensive rap music be banned from locker rooms? 2014-05-12T18:45:44Z She dismissed as obsolete her father’s style — the cornrows, baggy pants and gangsta rap that turned the N.B.A. on its ear in the late 1990s. Sports of The Times: A Basketball Life of Harsh Reality, Starkly Revisited 2014-05-10T16:06:20Z “These “gangstas” were known for their decidedly mild behavior and were seen as the total opposite of actual criminals. The Lede: American Gets One-Year Sentence for Spoof Video in United Arab Emirates 2013-12-23T19:22:09Z Cassim's family said the video poked fun at teenagers in Dubai who styled themselves as "gangstas" but were more known for their mild behaviour. UAE convicts eight for 'spoof video' 2013-12-23T14:13:02Z In a statement, Mr Cassim's family said it poked fun at teenagers in Dubai who styled themselves as "gangstas" but were more known for their mild behaviour. UAE 'holding US man for spoof video' 2013-11-28T15:51:04Z True, while I eschew "cool", I sometimes sign off with "coolio", but only to give my communications a retro mid-90s gangsta vibe. How 'thank you' fell out of fashion 2013-07-17T16:58:44Z Winning fans of gangsta rap over to grandma rap permanently may be a challenge, and time isn't on their side. New Zealand's Hip Op-eration Crew Kicks It Really, Really Old Skool 2013-06-25T02:34:17Z In another message, Mr. Martin described himself as “gangsta.” Zimmerman’s Lawyers Release Text Messages of Trayvon Martin 2013-05-23T19:08:47Z Red lights, flashing screens, gangsta rap ringtones, quacking ducks, etc. are all fun and helpful, when appropriate. 10 Critical Rules of Smartphone Etiquette 2013-01-11T16:00:05Z I put a picture of him as a choir-boy next to a Photoshopped shot of him as a saggy-trousered gangsta rapper - the innocent child mutating into a growling ball of rebellious fury. Is the teen rebel a dying breed? 2012-10-01T22:43:13Z “We got a whole bunch of gangstas in our locker room,” he said at the time. Xavier Tries to Heal a Self-Inflicted Wound 2012-03-16T04:43:48Z The last time David Stern caused so much outrage around the NBA he was busy handing down a new dress code to keep players from looking like gangsta rappers. Column: Stern makes a heavy-handed stand 2011-12-11T00:12:08Z “How the hell can u b a gangsta when u snitchin and lien...,” said a post from the pair that publicly exposed one witness who cooperated with law enforcement, according to federal court records. Victims intimidated by inmates using social networking from behind prison walls 2011-11-21T08:26:00Z Certain athletes, and I won't mention any names, put on gangsta rap which is just ridiculous. One hundred hopefuls for the 2012 Olympics: Chris Tomlinson 2011-08-11T14:49:50Z Picked on by blacks and whites, they started “Americanizing themselves, embracing the thug, gangsta lifestyle,” showing up to clubs and open mic nights that ended in fights, Wallace said. South Florida trial of alleged gang leader turns deadly with fatal shooting of a witness 2011-08-11T14:16:17Z Four players were suspended by each team for their roles in the fight, including Hollaway, Xavier’s top scorer, who was suspended one game for his “gangstas” comment. Xavier Tries to Heal a Self-Inflicted Wound 2012-03-16T04:43:48Z Hooded youths on street corners, dealers and gangstas, but this is not New York, this is London in the 21st Century, a city that spawned from its deprived inner boroughs. Life of grime 2011-06-02T02:03:29Z It takes a little gangsta rap to match Lynch because he's a tough, street-wise guy from Oakland who succeeded in spite of the dangers around him. Theme Song: Pondering the right music for ... Marshawn Lynch 2010-10-21T21:52:00Z But if the gangsta act is an acting job, Mayweather should win an Oscar for the way he embraces the role. Time for Money Mayweather to shut up and fight 2010-09-04T19:32:00Z For years, Raiders apparel would be synonymous with N.W.A. and gangsta rap. Ice Cube documents hip-hop's ties to the Raiders 2010-04-23T18:47:00Z Songs like Just To Get A Rep railed against gangsta rap conventions, dissecting the cycle of meaningless violence on America's streets with a world-weary intelligence. New York rapper Guru dies at 43 2010-04-20T16:06:00Z A youth from a quiet suburb, Ali G adopted black "gangsta rap" culture as his own, to great comic effect. Old and new converge in rising British Conservative 2010-03-12T10:20:00Z |
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