Gangsta rap

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Gangsta rap took shape on the West Coast. After forerunners such as Schoolly D of Philadelphia and Ice-T of Los Angeles, N.W.A. of Compton, a suburb of Los Angeles, released Straight Outta Compton in 1988, with Fuck tha Police as an indictment of police violence. Lyrics about violence caused an outcry. In the mid-1990s the rivalry between the East and West Coast got out of hand; 2Pac (1996) and The Notorious B.I.G. (1997) were shot dead.

Listening

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  Fuck tha Police · N.W.A., 1988
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  Nuthin' But a "G" Thang · Dr. Dre, 1992
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  California Love · 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman, 1995
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In School of Rock

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• Genre Map^NL Map
• Mixtape 6: Fear of a Black Planet^NL Reader

See also

• Dr. Dre
• Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
• Early hip hop
• Golden age hip hop
• G-funk
• Southern hip hop and crunk