Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap is a genre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths. “Gangsta” is a corruption of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered around 1983 by Ice-T with songs like Cold Wind Madness and Body Rock/Killers, and was popularized by groups like N.W.A in the late 80s. After the national attention that Ice-T & N.W.A received in the late 80s, gangsta rap became the most commercially lucrative subgenre of hip-hop. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Murder Inc

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Lifaz Productions Live Wire Empire Tuesday 14 February 2012	Water St Music Hall Rochester, NY, Rochester, United States 43.160485 -77.611405	1 going Add shout
Thursday 16 February 2012
DMX Thursday 16 February 2012	Hard Rock Café Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, United States 36.110498 -115.154027	Add shout
Friday 17 February 2012
DMX Friday 17 February 2012	Knitting Factory Reno, NV, United States 39.527152 -119.813383	1 going 2 shouts
Saturday 18 February 2012
DMX Saturday 18 February 2012	Ace of Spades Sacramento, United States 38.569884 -121.490948	2 going 1 shout
Saturday 25 February 2012
No CEO & SD Tattoo Present DMX Saturday 25 February 2012	4th & B San Diego CA, United States 32.717484 -117.161393	2 going Add shout
Thursday 19 April 2012
DJ Quik Hotels Thursday 19 April 2012	Neumos Seattle WA, United States 47.613897 -122.319556	2 going Add shout

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severalways wrote:
last month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ_k3pC_5jU&feature=youtu.be

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stickydough wrote:
December 2011

'Suh Bombom Pimentinha' MORTA/

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ACDC-fan wrote:
December 2011

I did explain about 50 Cent, read shoutbox.

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yerai92 wrote:
December 2011

NOTORIOUS BIG

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KurtBell wrote:
December 2011

'gangsta' what a joke.

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TimeAfter wrote:
November 2011

BigPolaka, а в России "репа" и не существует. Только попса.

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BigPolaka wrote:
November 2011

рус рэп гавно лира сраная про липовую любовь морковь

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ACDC-fan wrote:
November 2011

Гуф, кто ж еще

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CBA0 wrote:
November 2011

who else was gangsta?

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ACDC-fan wrote:
November 2011

50 Cent can be 100 times worst nigger on Earth, but this doesn't change the fact that his music is gangsta rap. And it doesn't matter what coast are they. B.I.G. was gangsta too. And Mobb Deep are.

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Omegoff wrote:
November 2011

IMMA SCARED

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Paakkinen wrote:
November 2011

Hahaha, holy crap. Eminem, Biggie and 50 Cent (just to name a few)? How the hell were they gangsta rap?

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ACDC-fan wrote:
November 2011

DMX never made gangsta rap

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amadeusz5050 wrote:
November 2011

50 Cent this is it !!!

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GLUK-SWAGER wrote:
November 2011

ебануться

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__MysT__ wrote:
November 2011

N.W.A must be first in this list.

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jae__moon wrote:
October 2011

free instrumental hip-hop: http://www.last.fm/music/Jae+Moon

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fearus1 wrote:
October 2011

Listen to us

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KrossPoison wrote:
October 2011

Possibly the least talented, most pointless and shittiest genre in existance today. Right next to dubstep.

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SAC666 wrote:
October 2011

gun rap

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