In this song Schoolly D makes direct references to his crew or gang (PSK) as well as describing putting his pistol against another rapper's head. He released the 12" single "P.S.K." (short for Park Side Killers) in 1985. In his 1984 12" single "Gangster Boogie" he mentions it with "I shot call a ? with my gangster lean". Philadelphia MC Schoolly D can probably be credited as the first rapper to use the word "gangster" in one of his songs. There is also a long tradition of "gunman" lyrics in Jamaican music, which had a strong influence on South Bronx MC KRS-1.Įarly hardcore rap and gangsta rap (1984-1990) Ice-T, as well as many other rappers, has credited pimp and writer Iceberg Slim with influencing his rhymes. The Last Poet Jalal Mansur Nuriddin delivers the rhyming vocals in the urban slang of his time, and together with the other Last Poets was quite influential on later hip-hop groups such as Public Enemy. The lyrics deal with street life, including pimping and hustling. The album Hustler's Convention by Lightnin Rod was released in 1973. Some commentators (for example, Spike Lee in his satirical film Bamboozled) have criticized it as analogous to black minstrel shows and blackface performance, in which performers - both black and white - were made up to look African American, acted in a stereotypically uncultured and ignorant manner for the entertainment of white audiences. Gangster rappers often defend themselves by claiming that they are describing the reality of inner-city life, and that they are only adopting a character, like an actor playing a role, which behaves in ways that they may not necessarily endorse. Criticism has come from both right wing and left wing commentators, who have accused the genre of homophobia, misogyny, promiscuity, racism, and materialism. The subject matter inherent in gangsta rap has caused a great deal of controversy.
Since then some former gangsta rap artists have moved towards a more pop-friendly mainstream sound.
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