American gangster rap. Published: Nov. 01, 2007, 5:00 a.m. By . Ben Johnson; This week's cover of AWE. The biggest buzz in New York City this weekend is almost certainly the release of "American ...

The film American Gangster has plenty of star power, including the rapper Common and The Rza from the rap group Wu-Tang Clan. The two talk to Farai Chideya about their crossover from music to the ...

I thought it was entertaining, but it wasn't true,” says the doc maker of the 2007 film starring Denzel Washington.

Hip-hop was born in August of 1973 at a back-to-school party in the Bronx borough of New York City. DJ Kool Herc began ...

For this episode, we look at the emergence and evolution of backpack rap amidst the popularity of gangster music. Our discussions involve conversations with emcee John Robinson and Kerry Campbell ...

Queen of Memphis Rap, and Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boodied on New Year’s Day (Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023). She was 43. Gangsta Boo, born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, was found dead at approximately 4 ...

Gangsta rap, which emerged during the crack epidemic, became a form of expression that directly addressed the devastation of Black communities by drugs and law enforcement.

What is the most quintessentially American genre of film? Some might argue for the Western, but there also is a case to be made for the gangster film, says Tiel Lundy, associate teaching professor ...

Hip-hop has no shortage of game-changing debuts. In 1989, De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising announced the emergence of a quirky nerd rap sensibility just as the world was discovering gangsta ...

Bushido's latest brush with the law was par for the course for a true gangsta rapper. 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Snoop Dogg: all the American rap stars worth their platinum discs and pimped-out Hummers ...

Then there's Yo Gotti, whose rap tag comes from American gangster John Gotti. The crime boss is widely known as having one the most powerful crime syndicates in the late 1990s.