How Do You Appreciate Gangsta Rap?
• Learn the history of gangsta rap. It was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers like Ice-T and by the late 1980s, it had been popularized by groups such as N.W.A. By the mid-1990s, when it was at it’s peak, it was arguably the most popular sub-genre of hip-hop music on the market thanks to the notoriety Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, and numerous other artists, and the famous rivalry between the West Coast and East coast, had brought to it.’; } s += “”; document.write(s); return; } google_ad_channel = ‘+7733764704+1640266093+9503394424+4989269770+8962074949+8941458308+7122150828’ + xchannels + gchans; google_ad_client = “pub-9543332082073187”; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_ad_region = “test”; google_ad_format = ‘250x250_as’; //–> • Remember that rap is poetry set to music. Gangsta rap does tend to be rather blunt with it’s subject matter, but don’t let that deter you. Gangsta rap was built to paint a picture
