In fact, Newsweek put Snoop on their cover in 1993 with a headline that read: ‘When Is Rap 2 Violent?’ It was around this ...

A NOTORIOUS gangster who "grew up in jail" has told of a four-minute song that changed his life. Jordan McCann, 28, was in prison when hit rap Lifestyle, detailing his life of crime, was released ...

Watts native and rising hip-hop sensation Fedie Demarco is making waves with a powerful resurgence of authentic lyricism in Gangster Rap Watts native and rising hip-hop sensation Fedie Demarco is ...

Queen banned "gangster rap" artists from sampling their back catalogue amid fears it would "promote violence or abuse". Sir Brian May says the British rock band took a stance to say no to certain ...

Punjabi hip-hop star Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead through the windscreen of his car by hired gunmen. Within hours, a Punjabi ...

It might be because he isn’t based in New York, where the music started, and because he was not as popular as fellow Angelenos N.W.A, who brought gangster rap to the mainstream. But it’s not ...

The 31-year-old actor and musician shared a note that read: "If you are for gangster rap, you can't also be for Black." The note was accompanied by a lengthy caption explaining why he believes the ...

The landmark 12” vinyl, widely acclaimed as the first ever gangster rap record, is among the most influential records in hip-hop history, and served as a career-launching inspiration for Ice-T ...

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 two ...

Thirty years since Snoop Dogg sauntered onto the scene as a silky-voiced gangster rapper mired in conflict and controversy, the 6'4" star now stands as one of the country’s most beloved icons ...

What was that dynamic between gangster rap and underground hip-hop back then? Imani: Gangster rap was well-established and poppin’ way before The Chronic came out. It was so predominant.

It was around this time that gangster rap faced backlash from politicians, parent groups, and religious organisations, who argued that the genre glorified criminal behaviour and was a negative ...