DJ Akademiks has reopened one of hip-hop’s oldest debates by arguing that drill music effectively killed gangsta rap, ...

Just-Ice didn’t do rap beef. He would shoot people. In the 80s. Watch the exclusive convo with The Bronx emcee that says he invented Gangster Rap. Things get really interesting when Just-Ice travels ...

Featuring youth leader Ajay Pasi and backed by the menacing production of Eazy, SKMO's 'TADIPAAR' isn't just a song—it’s a ...

Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary is a comedic documentary film that centers around a rap group attempting to make a comeback as they look to attain the success of their heyday. Here’s how you can watch ...

Watts-born hip-hop sensation Fedie Demarco is profoundly impacting the rap scene with a powerful resurgence of authentic lyricism in Gangster Rap. Amidst a genre often saturated with trends, Fedie ...

On Friday (Sept. 20), Candace Owens hopped on X, formerly Twitter, and posted a weird theory on the creation of gangsta rap. The ultra-conservative pundit wrote: "Gangster rap was never black culture.

The hardest group you've never heard of is back. In the mid to late eighties, Gangsta Rap ran the west coast underground with such classics as "Beat Yo Mamma with a Hammer" and "In My House Shoes." In ...

There’s little question that the Beatles are among the most influential acts in rock history, but a key figure in hip-hop’s early years also credited the Fab Four for indirectly aiding in rap’s ascent ...

The pop charts have been a dangerous place for much of the past two decades. When N.W.A’s Efil4zaggin hit number one on the Billboard 200 in 1991, it established gangsta rap as a viable commercial ...

Ice-T isn't chasing trends or trying to relive the past. Nearly 20 years after his last solo rap album, the Hip-Hop pioneer returns with "Criminal Migraine." ...

Coolio, a West Coast hip-hop star known for melding gangsta rap and pop music into memorable hits such as “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died Wednesday at the age of 59. The rapper, whose real name was Artis ...