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

The current furor over the link between violence and rap music may be obscuring a major shift in the music business The popularity of hard-core "gangsta" rap music appears to be waning. Rap music ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 11, 2007, two rap heavyweights went head to head in a sales battle and changed hip-hop forever. Where were you the day ...

Universal Pictures will release "Snoop," the definitive biopic of artist, mogul and icon of gangsta rap Snoop Dogg, on Aug. 6 ...

No one wants to take credit for coining the term “gangsta rap.” At least, no rappers do. As noted in L.A. Weekly's story commemorating the 20th anniversary of Eazy-E’s death, during N.W.A’s time, ...

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 ...

For fans and critics who intellectualize it, gangsta rap, or “reality rap,” is serious business. For them, the defining genre of West Coast hip-hop represents true stories from the ’hood as told by ...

If a rapper were only to be known for one song, it’s hard to beat “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s signature No. 1 smash in 1995 was voted the best single of the year in the Village Voice’s “Pazz & Jop” ...

For two weeks the top box-office draw has been “Straight Outta Compton,” a meandering biopic about the rise and disintegration of the Los Angeles-area rap group N.W.A., or Niggaz With Attitude. N.W.A.