Snoop Dogg is rumored to be steering Death Row Records toward a global renaissance, looking beyond the West Coast to sign international artists.

Taking a brief look back at the genre, hip-hop was born from the competitive spirit of MCs going bar-for-bar at block parties ...

We’ve been spendin’ most their lives livin’ in the gangsta’s paradise We’ve been ... impact made it one of the most memorable rap songs in history. It blends rap with a choir-backed ...

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Young MC won a Grammy for "Bust a Move" after co-writing "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina" for Tone Loc. Here's what he says about his new songs.

“Gangsta rap” songs like “Boyz-n-the-Hood” were hawked out of trunks to local DJ’s and radio personalities. An organic phenomenon that eventually gained national fame and ...

Tucker had led a crusade against “gangsta rap.” One of the songs that referred to Tucker, “How Do U Want It,” says, “Delores Tucker, yous a muthafucka, instead of trying to help a nigga you destroy a ...