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 he ...

Ice Cube is considered one of the early leaders of the so-called “Gangsta Rap” phenomenon, so any opinion he offers on the subject is valid. Recently, Candace Owens posited a theory that the Hip-Hop ...

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 ...

The Phoenix Symphony will close out its season May 17 to 19 with a performance combining the music of Gustav Mahler, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Titled “The Resurrection Mixtape,” it’s the ...

Let’s talk about the best Gangsta Rap songs of all time. Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip-hop that, since its inception in the 1980s, has remained an influential aspect of the culture. Speaking to ...

Chenrick Robinson was once a gangsta rapper. As a teenager, Robinson rejected the violence and braggadocio that defined that once dominant rap style, a family tragedy inspiring him to pursue conscious ...