Deal with it: Rap rules. It rules the music charts, it rules fashion, it rules youth culture. Everyone from high school kids to haute couture designers to kiddie-pop bands wears it, sings it and ...

When discussing 50 years of hip-hop, gangsta rap has to be mentioned, and Ice-T was one of the true pioneers in the music genre. Ice-T influenced many other artists with his lyrics and flow, and ...

The emotional centerpiece of the Memphis Rap OGz set at RiverBeat Music Festival came with a tribute to the late Gangsta Boo.

Who created gangsta rap? According to conservative commentator Candace Owens, the government is behind the creation of gangsta rap, a genre born from the harsh realities of Black and brown ...

Hip-hop was born in August of 1973 at a back-to-school party in the Bronx borough of New York City. DJ Kool Herc began playing with turntables while Coke La ...

Gangsta rap dominated the music scene in the ’90s, and then one legendary singer’s intervention forever changed the genre.

For better or for worse, Gangsta rap has always been one of the most beloved and popular sub-genres in hip-hop for the past three decades. The artists involved have been super polarizing for ...

Leonard Pitts is one of my favorite journalists, a foot soldier in print, but I found it difficult to reconcile this with his take on rap music, specifically the “gangsta” rap artists a… ...

Owens took to social media to share her controversial views on the origins of gangsta rap, igniting a heated discussion online.

ScarLip, a 22-year-old talent who's adopted '90s style gangsta rap, says writing about violence, the foster care system and mental health in her music is "a healthy way to express myself." ...

The emotional centerpiece of the Memphis Rap OGz set at RiverBeat Music Festival came with a tribute to the late Gangsta Boo.