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 ...

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 ...

Freddie Gibbs may have flat-lined gangsta rap. As one of the most hyped up-and-comers, the Indiana native has amassed a publicity portfolio that includes magazine covers, plaudits from The New Yorker, ...

Kobe Bryant was a man of many interests, and at one point early in his professional basketball career, he came close to launching a hip-hop career. After a couple of songs and performances, that dream ...

Leonard Pitts is one of my favorite journalists, a foot soldier in print, but I found it difficult to reconcile this with his take on rap music, specifically the “gangsta” rap artists and their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Feed Me @ Sky SLC 10/30, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist @ The Union 11/1, Todd Snider Band @ The Commonwealth Room 11/1, and ...

Craig Earle, the headline DJ at Gaffney's on Saturday's night, said Montagnino is criminalizing rap music. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) SARATOGA SPRINGS — A published comment from Public Safety ...

News of Gangsta Boo’s death over the weekend hit hard across rap, but it especially hit hard here at UPROXX. The Memphis rap godmother had put in an appearance at UPROXX Studios just weeks before to ...