• The following is a list of gangsta rap artists. 11/5 187 Fac 213 21 Savage 3X Krazy 40 Glocc 50 Cent Above the Law AMG AZ Ant Banks B.G. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony...
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  • Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture and values typical of urban gangs, reality...
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    professionally as Gangsta Boo, was an American rapper. She rose to prominence as a member of Three 6 Mafia, which she joined at the age of 14. After releasing...
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  • Gangsta Rap is the eighth studio album by American rapper Ice-T. It was released on October 31, 2006 via Melee Entertainment. Production was handled by...
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    N.W.A (category Gangsta rap groups)
    the earliest and most significant figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential acts in...
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  • because of controversy over the lyrics. In the early 1990s, several American politicians attacked rap artists associated with the subgenre gangsta rap, including...
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    Eazy-E (redirect from Gangsta-Gangsta)
    known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless...
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    American rapper. He was best known for his single "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995), which won a Grammy Award, and was credited for changing the course of hip hop...
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    Tupac Shakur (redirect from Tupac (rapper))
    political issues, and the marginalization of other African-Americans, but he was also synonymous with gangsta rap and violent lyrics. Shakur was born in...
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    GloRilla (redirect from Glo (rapper))
    signed with fellow Memphis rapper Yo Gotti's record label Collective Music Group. She was featured on the compilation album Gangsta Art. In September, she...
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  • List of funk musicians List of funk rock and funk metal bands List of G-funk musicians List of gangsta rap artists List of garage rock bands List of glam...
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    following the commercial decline of gangsta rap. The trap and mumble rap subgenres have become the most popular form of hip hop during the mid-late 2010s...
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  • part of society, and that it is being reflected in gangsta rap music. Many male rappers, especially those labeled as political hip hop artists, have...
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    Ice Cube (redirect from Ice cube (rapper))
    American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's widespread...
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  • Brooks' argument, criticizing that Brooks makes use of only a few, old samples of potential French gangsta rap that contain violent or misogynistic lyrics, and...
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    hip hop respectively. During this period of his career, Scarface also worked with the West Coast gangsta rap stars Ice Cube and MC Eiht, as well as with...
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  • "Gangsta Gangsta" is the second single from American hip hop group N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton. The song later appeared on the N.W.A Greatest...
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  • R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece is the seventh studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on November 16, 2004, by Doggystyle...
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  • career. G-funk is a sub-genre of gangsta rap, that emerged in the late '80s and early '90s. Artists who made a couple of songs in the genre but did not...
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  • This is a list of artists who perform within the Christian hip hop subgenre, a subgenre of both hip hop music and contemporary Christian music, containing...
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  • So So Gangsta is the eighth solo studio album by American rapper Daz Dillinger. It was released on September 12, 2006 via So So Def/Virgin Records simultaneously...
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    comment on the state of society and expose issues found within poor communities and society as a whole. These early gangsta rap artists were influenced in...
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  • debut studio album by American gangsta rap group N.W.A, which, led by Eazy-E, formed in Los Angeles County's City of Compton in early 1987. Released...
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    DJ Drama (redirect from Gangsta Grillz)
    for Atlanta-based rapper T.I., and continued to gain prominence hosting mixtapes for other hip hop artists. His trademark Gangsta Grillz series is present...
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  • groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional stereotypes of rap, such as gangsta, bass, hardcore, and party rap. Instead, they blur genres drawing...
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  • Gangsta's Paradise is the second studio album by American rapper Coolio, released on November 7, 1995. It is Coolio's best-selling album, with over two...
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  • as gangsta rap, some artists within the sub-genre referred to it as "reality rap", feeling that the explicit and violent nature was a reflection of the...
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  • an American rapper known primarily among hip hop fans and music critics during the 1990s and early 2000s. He is known for his Nation of Islam–influenced...
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  • "Gangsta's Paradise" is a single by American rapper Coolio, released on August 1, 1995 by Tommy Boy, Warner Bros. and MCA. Interpolating Stevie Wonder's...
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  • G-funk (redirect from Gangsta funk)
    G-funk, short for gangsta funk, (or funk rap) is a sub-genre of gangsta rap that emerged from the West Coast scene in the early 1990s. The genre is heavily...
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