Gangsta rap Quote by MC Hammer

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.

— Coolio

I guess people would categorize hipster rap just by how people look, skinny jeans and fashion rap. I was never that. In my music…

— Fashawn

Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its…

— Michael Eric Dyson

You gotta do a lot more than rap. Rap is not just rap. If you don't have an image, you're not capturing nobody's attention.

— Smokepurpp

I have never seen a rap artist yet to come and say, 'I'm a gangsta'. What he says is 'Man I spit that gangsta…

— MC Hammer

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've…

— Coolio

I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't do that.…

— Ice T

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream…

— Zadie Smith

I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.

— 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…

— Bocafloja

Well, I ain't even gonna lie I used to wear fake jewelry when I was coming up, like trying to get on. But I…

— Moneybagg Yo

We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it is an…

— Bocafloja