Through the latter half of the ’90s, G-Rock ended up serving as a sort of in-house producer for some of San Jose’s “realest” gangster rappers (as in “actual gangbangers who happen to rap”) such as ...

We all know about the bitter rivalry between East Coast versus West Coast rap in the '90s gangster rap led by Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. Then there have been battles between Drake and Meek ...

This verbal boxing match is great entertainment, but the real winners are the artists and label executives getting rich off ...

Gangsta music has been in the offing since the mid-80s, with the earliest pioneers said to be Schoolly D, Ice-T and N.W.A. In the early 90s, the sub-genre became mainstream with the likes of Dr ...

A familiar rap character, the Cali hustler cruising in a low-rider, has faded in the 21st century. On new albums by G Perico, ...

After several run ins with the law, shady business management, failed comeback attempts and countless child custody cases, they've just inked a deal with rap powerhouse Innersounds Records.

The documentary Beyond Gangster Blackface A Critical Analysis of Gangster Rap takes a critical look at the power of music lyrics and how lyrics can influence the mentality language and behavior of ...

though still informed by the gangsta image that had taken root in the '80s and flourished in the '90s but faded in the '00s, shifted the locus of West Coast rap. Consider Anderson .Paak or Roddy ...

“The ‘90s was a very heterosexual and very masculine climate,” says Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, a longtime creative force in the Leimert Park underground hip-hop world. “L.A. male rappers ...

One of the most historic voices in hip-hop is coming straight into Oshawa Thursday when hip-hop legend Ice Cube brings his ...

"Office Space," Mike Judge's satirical take on white collar office culture, disappointed at the box office but soon became a ...

He debuted as a Jheri curl-donning Crip who backed his way into rap, once saying outright he ... he embodies the "Eazy-Duz-It" principle of a "gangsta having fun," and continues to revel in ...