No one wants to take credit for coining the term “gangsta rap.” At least, no rappers do. As noted in L.A. Weekly's story commemorating the 20th anniversary of Eazy-E’s death, during N.W.A’s time, ...

If a rapper were only to be known for one song, it’s hard to beat “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s signature No. 1 smash in 1995 was voted the best single of the year in the Village Voice’s “Pazz & Jop” ...

Let’s talk about the best Gangsta Rap songs of all time. Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip-hop that, since its inception in the 1980s, has remained an influential aspect of the culture. Speaking to ...

The post Gangsta Boo, Pioneering Figure in Southern Rap, Dead at 43 appeared first on Consequence. Gangsta Boo has died at the age of 43, according to Fox 13 Memphis. A pioneering figure in the ...

ONE wonders what the snootiest of the Hamptons people think about the recent shooting that took place at Club New York when Sean “Puffy” Combs’ entourage scraped up against some other knuckleheads, ...

Gambrills native, Soren Baker, recently published his 15 th and most extensive book to date, “The History of Gangster Rap.” While many people are turned off by the violence, profanity and crime ...

My oldest child was born in 1973, and her siblings were born in the mid-eighties. Two of my grandchildren were born in the late nineties, and my younger grandchildren were born in the early ...