Gangsta rap facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Gangsta rap |
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|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Hip hop |
| Cultural origins | Mid 1980s, United States |
| Typical instruments | Drum machine, beatboxing, vocals |
| Derivative forms | Mafioso rap, Dirty rap, Horrorcore |
| Subgenres | |
| Mafioso rap | |
| Regional scenes | |
| West Coast hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Southern hip hop, Midwest hip hop, Chicano rap | |
| Other topics | |
| Horrorcore | |
Gangsta rap is a type of hip-hop music that started in the mid-1980s. It was first called reality rap. The songs often tell stories about life in big cities. The word gangsta is just a different way to say gangster.
Some of the first artists to make gangsta rap were Schoolly D from Philadelphia and Ice-T from Los Angeles. Later, groups like N.W.A and artists like Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. became very famous. In 1992, with the help of producer Dr. Dre and rapper Snoop Dogg, gangsta rap became popular with many more people. Their music style was called G-funk.
Sometimes, people have said that gangsta rap encourages bad behavior or caring too much about money.
Famous Gangsta Rap Artists
Many artists have made gangsta rap music. Here are some of the well-known ones:
- 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
- K-Rino
- 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
See Also
- List of gangsta rap artists
