Gangster Rap

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Gangster rap came along because people that were in gangs started to rap. Instead of thinking about the message and/or what was right, gangster rap says "fuck it" (to put it delicately) and illuminates the harsh realities of inner city struggle.

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Schoolly D, Ice-T, and NWA are widely credited for being the first gangster rappers. In gangster rap, if the guy that is rapping is a gang banger, drug dealer, or pimp, that's the perspective he raps from. For the most part, when you rap, you rap to another rapper; what a gangster rapper says is: "listen or i will shoot you" rather than "listen because I got something real to say." Gangster rap takes rap to it's true form, rapp'n and not give'n a f*ck.

It used to be that gangster rap was expressed by individuals who were in gangs rapping about the situation they found themselves in. Today, many so-called gangster rappers are not a lagitmate representation of reality but only an act. Instead of talking about what they know, they fabricate their stories to appear as if they went through that type of struggle.

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