Gangsta rap
Also known as
- Add other possible names for this topic
Gangsta rap is a term originated by the mainstream media to describe a certain subgenre of hip hop music which developed during the late 1980s. It 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 Winter Madness and Body Rock/Killers and was popularized by groups like NWA in the late '80s' After the national attention that Ice-T & N.W.A created in...
full article at wikipedia
Music
| Parent genres |
| Subgenres |
| Artists |
| Albums |
|
musical album
|
artist
|
release date
|
|---|---|---|
|
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
||
With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the
content on this page is typically distributed under
the Creative Commons
Attribution license or Public Domain.
The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "Gangsta rap" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
| Gallery | add an image | edit gallery |
Recent Discussions about Gangsta rap
There are no conversations on this topic. Would you like to start one?
Start the Discussion