Gangsta rap Quote by Scarface

Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.

— Eazy-E

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

I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call…

— Nas

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

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

— Bocafloja

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.

— Coolio

I keep my music heartfelt and stick to making real music. I wouldn't even say it's hip-hop music. My music is 'reality rap.'

— Boosie

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 a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it is only…

— Bocafloja

I think my genre is more 'reality rap'; I talk about my life and the struggles that I've been through.

— Tee Grizzley

I'm a real gangster rapper and I'm a rapper. I just think my music takes different directions. I don't think you can pigeon hole…

— Freddie Gibbs