Gangsta rap facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Gangsta rap |
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| Stylistic origins | Hip hop |
| Cultural origins | Mid 1980s, United States |
| Typical instruments | Drum machine, beatboxing, vocals |
| Derivative forms | Mafioso rap, Dirty rap, Horrorcore |
| Subgenres | |
| Mafioso rap | |
| Regional scenes | |
| West Coast hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Southern hip hop, Midwest hip hop, Chicano rap | |
| Other topics | |
| Horrorcore | |
Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, emerged in the mid-to late 1980s as a controversial hip-hop subgenre whose lyrics reflect the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. Gangsta rap's pioneers include Schoolly D of Philadelphia and Ice-T of Los Angeles, later expanding with Los Angeles's N.W.A and Tupac Shakur and New York's the Notorious B.I.G.. In 1992, via record producer Dr. Dre, rapper Snoop Dogg, and their G-funk sound, gangsta rap broadened to mainstream popularity.
Gangsta rap has been recurrently accused of promoting disorderly conduct and materialism.
Notable Artists
- Ace Hood
- Public Enemy
- 2pac
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- DMX
- Ice Cube
- Eazy-E
- Fat Joe
- 2 Chainz
- Wu-Tang Clan
- N.W.A.
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
- South Park Mexican
- Kid Frost
- Ja Rule
- Rick Ross
- Ganskta N-I-P
- The Game
- Too $hort
- 50 Cent
- Lloyd Banks
- G-Unit
- Ice-T
- T.I.
- Dr. Dre
- K-Rino
- Lil Jon
- Fabolous
- Tony Yayo
- B-Real
- The LOX
- Young Buck
- Young Jeezy
- Waka Flocka Flame
- Three 6 Mafia
- E-40
- C-Murder
- Master P
- Snoop Dogg
See also
In Spanish: Gangsta rap para niños
- List of gangsta rap artists
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