--- title: "5 Gangsta Quotes By Bocafloja" description: "5 Gangsta quotes by Bocafloja. Plus more from Bocafloja and more Gangsta sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/bocafloja-19979_believe_i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-fou_21390.jpg" --- > [I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-foundation-is-simply-anti/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/bocafloja-19979_believe_i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-fou_21390.jpg) > [I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-believe-a-lot-in-gangsta-rap-i-see-in-it-a-lot-of-positive-things/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/bocafloja-19979_believe_i-believe-a-lot-in-gangsta-rap-i-see-in_257462.jpg) > [What is MTV doing and what is the hegemonic culture industry promoting in gangsta rap? It is the glorification of violence for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/what-is-mtv-doing-and-what-is-the-hegemonic-culture-industry/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/bocafloja-19979_adapted_what-is-mtv-doing-and-what-is-the-hegemo_1253769.jpg) > [We should remember what a rapper like Tupac Shakur was doing, to a certain degree, who came from an experience of politicization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/we-should-remember-what-a-rapper-like-tupac-shakur-was-doing-to-a/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/bocafloja-19979_accounting_we-should-remember-what-a-rapper-like-tu_1518237.jpg) > [We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/we-have-to-remember-that-the-experience-of-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/bocafloja-19979_cases_we-have-to-remember-that-the-experience_1587594.jpg) ## Other authors on Gangsta ## More by Bocafloja > [I can't marry myself to one idea or one form of doing politics or one form of understanding politics. I believe that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-can-t-marry-myself-to-one-idea-or-one-form-of-doing-politics-or-one/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-foundation-is-simply-anti/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [The Latin American Left, the criollos, direct descendents of Spaniards, they don't want to accept that they are the whites of Latin America. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/the-latin-american-left-the-criollos-direct-descendents-of-spaniards/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-believe-a-lot-in-gangsta-rap-i-see-in-it-a-lot-of-positive-things/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [I believe the advantage music has is the capacity to multiply itself, the capacity to keep itself in space and access itself at different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-believe-the-advantage-music-has-is-the-capacity-to-multiply-itself/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-believe-in-terms-of-the-work-that-i-do-in-establishing-dialogue/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [A white leftist Mexican activist isn't the same in the media as the son of a farmer in Guerrero, they aren't worth the same.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/a-white-leftist-mexican-activist-isn-t-the-same-in-the-media-as-the/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [European militants recognize Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the Mexican militants followed their example and legitimated his work because the Europeans said, "Hey, Mumia Abu-Jamal is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/european-militants-recognize-mumia-abu-jamal-and-the-mexican/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [I think in terms of the themes that I have worked on most is establishing questions of race in the context of Latin America.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-think-in-terms-of-the-themes-that-i-have-worked-on-most-is/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [When you arrive really inside the discussion of race, practically they institute a Mexican-ness, a Latin-ness, a racial community that just isn't true. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/when-you-arrive-really-inside-the-discussion-of-race-practically-they/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [The racial question, and thus class struggle, of course, I think they are processes which necessarily are intersecting all the time. I understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/the-racial-question-and-thus-class-struggle-of-course-i-think-they/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [It is not like the white Republican, the conservative, who clears it up for you and says, "I don't like you", to your face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/it-is-not-like-the-white-republican-the-conservative-who-clears-it-up/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/the-countries-made-themselves-independent-from-spain-but-only-changed/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [What is MTV doing and what is the hegemonic culture industry promoting in gangsta rap? It is the glorification of violence for the sake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/what-is-mtv-doing-and-what-is-the-hegemonic-culture-industry/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) > [If I stop today at a protest and I read a speech, it is a speech that remains in that moment, and whoever captures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/if-i-stop-today-at-a-protest-and-i-read-a-speech-it-is-a-speech-that/) [Bocafloja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bocafloja/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gangsta/bocafloja/#itemlist", "name": "5 Gangsta Quotes By Bocafloja", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bocafloja" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bocafloja/i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-foundation-is-simply-anti/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/bocafloja-19979_believe_i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-fou_21390.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/bocafloja-19979_believe_i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-fou_21390.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/bocafloja-19979_believe_i-believe-gangsta-rap-as-such-in-its-fou_21390.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.” — Bocafloja", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. 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