: hip-hop music with lyrics explicitly portraying the violence and drug use of American inner-city gang life
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Recent Examples on the WebUnlike many of his unremembered ’00s peers who flatly mimicked West Coast gangsta rap tropes, Hussle’s three-dimensional storytelling turned his vignettes of street life into timeless anthems. Jeff Weiss, Variety, 14 Aug. 2022 As for the other pioneers of the gangsta rap pestilence, society has forgiven and forgotten. Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022 Three months before the Iraq war, an especially noxious new strain of gangsta rap from Houston, Texas had bubbled onto conservative radar. Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022 Adding to the jazz, funk, and Southern California gangsta rap of his past albums, Lamar borrows from modern classical and choral music to achieve a stark sort of majesty. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022 This, more or less, is how the music industry responded to gangsta rap some thirty years ago. Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022 Fans on YouTube seemed to praise the video’s artistry overall and its tribute to gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E. Few seemed to take issue with the references to Davidson. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022 His music falls squarely into the tradition of classic L.A. gangsta rap, but with a refined and vivid perspective. Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2021 Snoop Dogg buys Death Row Records, a onetime label home and gangsta rap powerhouse.Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022 See More