How to Use gangsta rap in a Sentence

gangsta rap

noun
  • Since then, hip-hop has spawned a mass of subgenres – gangsta rap, crunk and trap among them.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Uptown made room for romance, dance jams, gangsta rap, and more all on one label.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 May 2020
  • This is the real birth of gangsta rap because many listeners bought into it.
    — Armond White, National Review, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Long after trends like grunge, gangsta rap and rap rock have faded, the joyous sounding Nukes keep rolling.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al.com, 18 June 2019
  • This will certainly be a nostalgia trip to the days of gangsta rap, grunge and the power of music videos.
    — cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The questions of voyeurism and slumming that have hovered over hip-hop fandom since the rise of gangsta rap are heightened in drill.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The history of hip-hop, and especially of gangsta rap, is dotted with all of it.
    — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 7 Apr. 2021
  • This, more or less, is how the music industry responded to gangsta rap some thirty years ago.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • This is a gangsta rap label and it’s called Death Row, not Heaven’s Gate!
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024
  • In essence, Vanilla Ice’s success helped lay the groundwork for the gangsta rap that killed his career.
    — Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Franklin’s biopic hopes finally started to gain real steam in 2015 — thanks to a gangsta rap movie.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2021
  • By 1992, the Beastie Boys no longer fit in with a hip-hop scene centered on gangsta rap.
    — cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
  • And its rise to virality reminisces of the ascent of gangsta rap into the mainstream.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • Combs’ lineup of rappers and singers presented a different sound from the gangsta rap, pop and grunge rock that were popular at the time.
    — Char Adams, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • But thanks to oversaturation and the rise of West Coast gangsta rap, breaking soon fell out of favor.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Snoop Dogg buys Death Row Records, a onetime label home and gangsta rap powerhouse.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Kendrick's 'Damn' expands gangsta rap's palette with slick synths and psychedelic guitar.
    — Mikael Wood, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • There was a poetry to his music that transcended the demographic lines of the previous era’s gangsta rap boom.
    — Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Jo is the charismatic, mercurial queen bee, a girl obsessed with John Gotti and gangsta rap.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
  • As for the other pioneers of the gangsta rap pestilence, society has forgiven and forgotten.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022
  • While his hometown might be canonically known for G-funk and gangsta rap, its mix of throwback and future-minded music left a deep impression on him as a teen.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Save for the playlist that had firmly moved from gangsta rap to smooth R&B, the last 20 minutes of our ride was mostly silent, with several of us dozing off.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • The East Coast old guard bristled at dance and found the idea of Southern gangsta rap, and Southern women gangsta rappers, laughable.
    — Zandria Robinson, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Trish might serve you a reverent Christmas song, a faithful Britney cover, or a pridefully gauche take on ’80s gangsta rap.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 17 June 2021
  • After all, with a sum of 11 locations in New York and Los Angeles, this is the place for yogis who can handle gangsta rap.
    — Noor Brara, Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Adding to the jazz, funk, and Southern California gangsta rap of his past albums, Lamar borrows from modern classical and choral music to achieve a stark sort of majesty.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022
  • Thomson ought to spend some time listening to death metal and gangsta rap, or reading the gory novels of Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • From the emergence of gangsta rap and G-Funk to the unfolding of socially conscious lyrics, the origins and success of West Coast rap continue to evolve, leaving a lasting impact on pop culture.
    — Cecily Cruz, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • West’s victory marked a major shift in mainstream hip-hop—Glock-toting gangsta rap was out, euphoric genre-blending was in—but the face-off between West and 50 Cent may be most remembered as one of the last album-promotional events of its kind.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026

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