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Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary is a comedic documentary film that centers around a rap group attempting to make a comeback as they look to attain the success of their heyday. Here’s how you can ...
Warren G, Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg were the triumvirate behind the G Funk rap group 213. It was a style of hip-hop that mixed rap, melodies and beats, and made it "less scary" to the masses ...
Ice Cube helped create gangsta rap, sold millions of albums, starred in numerous movies, and now he is dabbling in something new, film journalism, as he targets U.S. professional football and the ...
The new FX docuseries Hip Hop Uncovered exposes the gangsters, drug dealers and gangbangers lurking beneath the surface of rap music who helped shape its culture.
Dionne Warwick did not like what was happening in gangsta rap. In the 1990s, she vowed the music would never be played in her house. But gangsta rap did show up at her home one morning — in the ...
In his new documentary, Something from Nothing:The Art of Rap, Ice-T sets out to defend hip-hop from an army of unnamed, unseen detractors. Over the course of nearly two hours, the rapper-turned ...
The streets of Los Angeles and Compton are synonymous with gangsta rap, but it was a small venue near East Hollywood at the corner of Melrose and Normandie avenues that helped launch the city’s ...
The gangster rap pioneer-turned-actor became a first-time director so that dozens of performers could explain what inspires and influences their style of music.