Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion. Engulfed by a haze of marijuana smoke thick as London fog in a hotel suite high above the so-called Media Capital of the World, the gangsta rap ...

“If I get lucky/Maybe I’ll make it to 40,” slurs Jamaican rough rider Tanya Stephens. According to the soft-rocking “Cherry Brandy” (quite possibly another “Red, Red Wine”), the world always looks ...

In a Sept. 16 statement clarifying the kerfuffle and the voting process, which no longer appears on their official Instagram page, the Caribbean Music Awards confirmed Dexta Daps was the clear winner, ...

Let’s talk about the best Gangsta Rap songs of all time. Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip-hop that, since its inception in the 1980s, has remained an influential aspect of the culture. Speaking to ...

Goodbye Snoop Dogg, hello... Snoop Lion? The seminal gangsta rapper, born Calvin Broadus Jr., announced this week that he is dropping rap for reggae, swapping Dogg for Lion, and softening his message ...

Jamaican reggae star Kenyatta ‘Jr. Culture’ Hill has sent a strong message to Ghanaian dancehall heavyweights Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale, urging them to steer clear of the gangster lifestyle and focus ...

For fans and critics who intellectualize it, gangsta rap, or “reality rap,” is serious business. For them, the defining genre of West Coast hip-hop represents true stories from the ’hood as told by ...