“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 been through that life.”
“’Gangsta rap’ is a derogatory label.”
“When you are culture, you’re forever young, like Snoop. When you’re on that level, it’s just contributing to the gangsta.”
“Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It’s reality rap. It’s about what’s really going on.”
“Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on ‘Kids Incorporated,’ ‘cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, and I got influenced by all that. Then gangsta rap got started, and I was infatuated with that – maybe that’s why I’m fascinated by guns.”
“There’s some dudes that did Gangsta Grillz tapes who probably weren’t worthy of it – their label just put up the bread, or they did a favor.”
“I just want to put my stamp on all kinds of music. Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street-based, street-oriented.”
“I’m a culinary gangsta with a very spiritual side, so when I was introduced to the ‘spiritual gangster’ line, I had to have it.”
“Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n’ roll.”
“For all my proclivities for thuggery, I am a typical middle-class dad. I’m a gangsta rap suburban father!”
“I felt like I related to East Coast lyricism a little more. Because I couldn’t be super gangsta.”
“Hey, you gotta love a gangsta girl. Even the suburban and preppy girls wanna be gangsta girls. That’s the whole gimmick to it. Everybody wants to be a gangsta girl.”
“I don’t think any gay dude is gangsta, period.”
“Now I will bop my head to gangsta music – I’m not going to lie.”
“There are people there who live, work, and have lives. Not everybody who lives in Detroit is a gangsta.”
“I’m not a gangsta.”
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