Gangsta rap
Gangsta rap (also called Gangster rap, Gansta rap, G rap Gangsta hip hop) is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid 1980s by rappers such as Afroman and Ice Cube, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. After the national attention that Ice-T and N.W.A created in the late 1980s and early 1990s, gangsta rap became the most commercially lucrative subgenre of hip hop.
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Stylistic origins | Hip hop |
Cultural origins | Mid 1980s, United States |
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Mafioso rap | |
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Horrorcore |
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
- 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
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