Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap was one of the many subgenres of rap during the ‘golden era’. This time between the late eighties and early nineties was when rap had countless artists and all were different. Whether it was black nationalism, gangs or religion itself rappers could rap about whatever they wanted and were still financially stable. Although things changed in rap when certain portrayals of black masculinity were becoming noticeably more commercially successful than others. (Randolph, 8) At first political rappers like Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest who talked about empowering the black community were successful but as time went on gangsta rap became the new popular genre. Gangsta rap out performed political rap because it exhibited black aggression…

referenced to negative influences of popular culture, often rap music and hip-hop culture. This is highly visible in electronic media, despite the fact that commercialized hip-hop is not representative of the entire genre (Mahiri et al, 2003). This stereotype particularly emerged through the creation of ‘gangsta rap.’ It is very common that there are moral panics surrounding popular music. ‘Gangsta rap’ with its ‘often violent and misogynistic overtones of its lyrics, has instilled a form of…

Introduction Rap lyrics have continuously made a large impact on the lives of people living in the North American ghettos in both positive and negative ways. Rap music, intrinsically has generally created a positive base to which people of the North American ghetto can relate and express their feelings and values towards things like mainstream culture. Kubrin refers to rap music as “The CNN for black America” (2005), it keeps the nation updated with the struggles of the ghetto. Although the…

you 're purposely choosing to use the law to punish people because you 've already assumed that the person is guilty" (Killer Mike). People today are becoming prejudice against the genre, rap. They don 't understand it. The earliest type of music classified as rap began many years ago in Africa, with the griots, storytellers who tell tales of their experiences or those of the village. It started when one of these griots started telling his story with music playing; this in its form is rap in its…

Driving down the road or walking on the sidewalk, one might hear someone blasting their rap music, full of vulgar language and profanity, from their car. One might conclude the driver and their passengers are up to no good, or they are bad people. Instead of rushing to judgement, it is important to recognize the impact age, race and gender has on one’s opinion of music and one’s opinion of the people listening to or writing certain types of music. Rap music is primarily believed to be enjoyed by…

Gangsta rap, originating from the west coast wouldn’t be received with open arms by the American public. This new genre of rap was much more adult oriented and featured a plethora of expletives. Though the product was more edgier, the focus remained the same. Gangsta rap featured problems that continued to plague the neighborhood and the way in which these problems were presented rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Gangsta rap became even more prevalent after the infamous Rodney King trials of…

The 1990’s ushered in the popularity of “Gangsta Rap”. Although artists who focused on social issues continued to make music, Gangsta rap started to achieve mainstream success. Gangsta rap is described as a sub-genre of rap music which is a subcategory of hip hop music.Gangsta rap is easily recognized from other rap forms because it speaks mostly about an urban setting. (Haugen, 2003) explains that he observes in the music that the imagery of gangsta rap includes selling and use of illegal…

impulse was “Gangsta Rap”, which exemplified the violence and struggles of many inner city youths through harsh and often offensive lyrics. Gangsta rap was specifically popular on the west coast and eventually reached the ears of kids living in South Central Los Angeles. Artists like N.W.A., a group that grew up in South Central, and Ice-T represented California and constantly alluded to their experiences growing up in the “ghetto” in their songs. N.W.A.’s debut album, Straight Outta Compton,…

choices that people make when they using language are dictated by class, wealth, education, race, religion and other factors. Rap music is one of the language choices for African American to express their feelings, emotion, anger, frustration, misogyny and ideas; it is a reflection of the cultural and political environment from which it is born. Gangsta rap music is an ideology affected by the myth of poverty of African American. It is a source of empowerment and resistance for African American…

Anime and Gangsta Rap are the same. The opposition’s stance can come from various viewpoints. It can be argued that Anime and Gangsta rap are not only different but nowhere close to being the same. Many arguments can branch out from this common thought. For example, it can be said that one is music and the other is visual entertainment. Or even it could be argued that none of the characters in Anime are closely related to realism like Gangsta Rap is; and though that isn’t a complete truth, it…