Once again, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le shone a spotlight on Dr. Dre’s past and the violence, misogyny and sexism enshrined in rap music—especially gangsta rap—as produced by N.W.A. To ...

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 ...

It has been almost two years since Nipsey Hussle last released music to the public. In other words: It’s about damn time. Nipsy, whose real name is Ermias Asghedom, grew up in a neighborhood near ...