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

— Bocafloja

I can say what I want to say ain't nothing to it gangsta rap made me do it.

— Ice Cube

I bet Eazy E is turning over in his grave, to see that some of ya'll done made gangsta rap gay

— DJ Quik

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.

— Coolio

Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll.

— Jerry Heller

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

— Eazy-E

I can't say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my…

— Al Yankovic

For all my proclivities for thuggery, I am a typical middle-class dad. I'm a gangsta rap suburban father!

— Killer Mike

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

To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands.

— Shane West

But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap,…

— Alan Vega

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

Poverty brings people to drastic measures and that's what the hardcore gangsta rap scene is about. It's called freedom of expression. People should be…

— Bushwick Bill

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

As a matter of fact it wasn't until after BIG passed and stupid rumors went around that I had something to do with it,…

— DJ Quik