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All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-759-5. Talevski, Nick (2006). Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-8460-9091-2.
Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture and values typical of urban gangs, reality of the world and street hustlers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Emerging in the late 1980s, gangsta rap's pioneers include Schoolly D of Philadelphia and Ice-T of Los Angeles, later expanding in ...
It was released on April 30, 1996, by Noo Trybe Records and consisted primarily of hip hop music. The album peaked at number 41 on the Billboard 200 [ 2 ] and number 8 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, [ 3 ] and featured two singles, " The World Is a Ghetto " and " Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) ".
Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper.He began recording as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.) in 1992, and pursued a solo career with the release of his debut studio album, Represent (1993) the following year.
The soundtrack, which consisted entirely of gangsta rap and hardcore hip hop music, made it to number 16 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Domino and Tha Chill's title track "Tales from the Hood" was the soundtrack's lone charting single becoming a hit on the Hot Rap Songs chart, where it peaked at #8. The music ...
It was preceded by the single "Big Bank" (featuring 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj), which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains his highest-charting song as a lead artist. His fourth studio album, 4Real 4Real (2019), was released in memory of slain rapper and frequent collaborator Nipsey Hussle .
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. is an American hip hop band from Carson, California, consisting of the American Samoan brothers Paul (died 2020), Ted (died 2018), Donald, Roscoe, Danny (died 2022), David and Vincent Devoux. They are known for combining funk and metal influences, with gangsta rap lyricism.
Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Run-DMC , Schoolly D , Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy , it is generally characterized by anger , aggression and confrontation .