Did Snoop Dogg sell out? How he went from gangster rap icon to everyone's goofy uncle
Inge Osterhoff, a gangster rap scholar, called this drive for censorship, ‘the most extensive music censorship campaign in ...
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Shakur’s lyrics attacking ‘gangsta rap’ critic are protected as opinion
Rapper Tupac Shakur’s lyrics against a politician who was on a crusade against rap music were opinion and thus protected ... Tucker had led a crusade against “gangsta rap.” One of the songs that ...
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How Gangsta's Paradise changed the course of hip-hop
It was the first "serious" rap song to top the ... together at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards That edit undoubtedly changed Coolio's life. A profane version of Gangsta's Paradise would never ...
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Takeoff's untimely death in November sheds light on the music industry's role in the unfortunate trend of Black men dying young
Tricia Rose wrote in her book "The Hip Hop Wars" that many esteemed artists of the genre rely on a "gangsta-pimp-ho trinity" in their music. This, Rose suggests, puts violence, sexism, and racism ...
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Coolio: Gangsta's Paradise rapper died of fentanyl overdose - manager
Coolio started making music in the 80s, but he cemented his place in hip-hop history when he recorded Gangsta's Paradise. He was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in the LA suburb of Compton ...