Hip-Hop Report * Ice-T's new collection captures his contributions, including his effort to portray the thug life realistically. Gangster Rap's Truth-Teller - Los Angeles Times ...

These are the greatest rap songs of all time. 30. 'Grindin' by The Clipse. Year released: 2002. ... which turned gangster rap ...

Since then, hip-hop has spawned a mass of subgenres – gangsta rap, crunk and trap among them. Hundreds of hip-hop songs deserve recognition for their meaning and their beats.

While some may thank the success of N.W.A., Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 2pac and other west coast rappers for the popularization of Gangsta Rap, none of those artists had a song that was featured on the ...

Pac was one of the best at making hardcore gangsta rap songs while also being extremely vulnerable and emotional in his music. Not many artists can make songs like “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted ...

Hip-hop artist Coolio, known for the 1995 hit song "Gangsta's Paradise," died Sept. 28 after being found unresponsive at a friend's Los Angeles home.

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 ...

And the rapper bristled when his song was lumped in with the so-called "gangster rap" scene. "I'm trying to get rid of that jacket that's been put on my back - that I'm a gangsta rapper," he said ...

The song, which earned Coolio his first Grammy nomination, for best rap solo performance, and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, sampled the 1981 R&B song of the same name by the funk group ...

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 ...