Gangsta rap is a sub genre of hip hop music. It started out as an underground art form that exposes our own critical issues when it comes to politics. When we think of gangsta rap we allegedly associated it with: crime, serial killing, violence, profanity, homophobia, racism and vandalism. we identify gangsta rap as an exposed contradiction with the scope of American culture.
Gangsta rap cannot be understood unless it is studied without the frame of its historical and social context. The music reflects its origins in the hip hop culture of young urban working African Americans. with in the global aspects of gangsta rap it has been a world wide phenomenon. with in every ethnic group you will find a person representing a certain style.
In samoa we find that culture dictates on tradition of what the public will want to hear. Take for instants Lupe Fiasco a Samoan rapper that has created himself as a pioneer of the conscious hip hop movement. Fiasco focuses on social issues with in his lyrics. He talks about absent parenting, terrorism, religion and war. His interest lye in his own social beliefs, bet rejects the idea of misogyny in hip hop, he strongly opposes censorship when to express how he is feeling on a particular topic.
when it comes to manufacturing any style of being gangsta rap you can't depict Every style of rap is unique on to it self.
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