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: E-A-Ski

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Feb 9 Tuesday 9 February 2010 Today
Snoop Dogg	Hard Rock Live… Orlando, FL, Orlando, United States 28.473907 -81.46916	9 people attended 2 shouts
Feb 10 Wednesday 10 February 2010 Tomorrow
Snoop Dogg at Center Stage Snoop Dogg	Center Stage Atlanta GA, United States 33.792132 -84.38819	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Feb 11 Thursday 11 February 2010
Andre Nickatina	Slim's San Francisco CA, United States 37.771491 -122.413241	11 people attending Add shout
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Snoop Dogg at House of Blues Snoop Dogg	House of Blues Houston, United States 29.75387 -95.363548	4 people attending 1 shout Buy Tickets
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Snoop Dogg	Metro Chicago IL, United States 41.949802 -87.658899	13 people attending 1 shout
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Snoop Dogg at House of Blues Snoop Dogg	House of Blues Cleveland OH, United States 41.499618 -81.691178	5 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets

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SupahShadow wrote:
last month

ye all da G's nigga be cap on da ass nigga gansta thug nigga dawg.

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CheeseNug wrote:
last month

*grabs popcorn and watches flame war* By the way, Gangsta Rap is the worst genre in existence.

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LordRama wrote:
last month

"Haha, scene kids. You have '666' in your name, presumably as a symbol of rebellion against christianity, yet when you see a swastika it's 'Oh no we can't have that.'" I don't get it. He apparently dislikes Christianity and Nazism, as do I. Of course I wasn't born yesterday and wouldn't fall for such obvious trolling, but we can't all be Einsteins here.

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LordRama wrote:
last month

egnops, life ain't nothin but bitches and money.

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egnops wrote:
last month

Haha, scene kids. You have "666" in your name, presumably as a symbol of rebellion against christianity, yet when you see a swastika it's "Oh no we can't have that." For the record, I am far from a nazi and posted that purely for the amusing reactions of retards like yourself. Oh - and gangsta rap is quite possibly the worst thing to ever have happened to music. And no, I'm not ignorant to rap or hip-hop.

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bloom666 wrote:
last month

fuck ya fuckin nazis

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egnops wrote:
last month

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heycierralaboca wrote:
December 2009

suuuuuave

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EmEyKeYwAy wrote:
December 2009

50 Cent ain't gangsta.

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ABNcrew wrote:
December 2009

50 cent?! haha :) nice :))

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jscool95 wrote:
December 2009

eshayz bra

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eternalmaw wrote:
December 2009

I think it's just easier to categorize hip-hop and rap as just that and not into too many sub-genres. Not much has changed in 20 years, after all, except that it's pretty much started sucking. And the only difference is, in essence, what each individual rapper can and can't do as well as the lyrics. Conclusion; gangsta rap is a stupid tag. End.

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Aaronification wrote:
December 2009

Music for absolute twats, true hip hop doesn't promote violence, it evolved as a way of diverting kids away from gang violence. G-Rap has to be the dumbest shit ever....

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sionborg wrote:
November 2009

When i hear gangsta rap, it's makes me wanna bust a cap in some ni**gas ass !!!

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gigi00 wrote:
November 2009

Black Eyed Peas My Humps, Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star, Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping, Janis Joplin, Philip Glass, Aesop Rock, Hatebreed - Destroy Everything, Chromeo - Momma's Boy.

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Slimsauce wrote:
November 2009

Gangsta fo lif3

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flipthatswitch wrote:
November 2009

His mind simply cannot be ellaborate. There is this thing called small minded-ness you see. People like him decide they can only stick to one style of music Because they see it necessary in order for other followers of their music to accept them only as one identity.

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shinichi_goto wrote:
November 2009

whats wrong with you?

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sionborg wrote:
November 2009

FUCK ALL RAP MUSIC, ROCK N ROLL FOREVER ALL YA GANGTAS AND WANNABES !!!!!

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L-Zep wrote:
November 2009

Time for a little lesson! The person in this link: http://tinyurl.com/yegrt8l , is a real gangster. He did NOT rap, neither did he listen to rap. I really urge you 'gangstas' to get a new name for your genre.

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