What does it take...

[jeff_iz_XLent]

Ta be a gangsta rapper?Do you actually gotta live in the Ghettos or what?Is a Gangsta rapper who defiles women in their songs (:mad:) or talks about stuff that gets'em in trouble with cops?I think their mostly just pretendin'.Some of'em are a lil' bit serious.But most of them are wannabe wangstas.Know what I'm sayin'?Some black people think just puttin' on rapper attire and being able to rhyme some iz what it's all about and it aint.It's kinda like a pride thing,you know.People come from hard places and they wanna express what they went through.So rappin's a little like their autobiography,their memoirs so ta speak.

[.bg]

First of all, your signature is way too annoying. Please remove the long string of smilies.

Second of all, gangsta rappers usually have had traumatic experiences as children, and experience in the drug trade. Nobody wants to go through that, and that's why they write the songs.

And if you think that gangstas are all American, Mike Skinner from The Streets would tell you otherwise.

[Darklordavaitor]

To be a gangsta rapper, you must erase all knowledge of things that don't involve buying tacky jewelry or beating up hookers, and instead of using proper English, talk like a five-year-old. Then wait to see what happens.

Or so I've heard.

[Clayface]

I foresee this thread going nowhere but silliness and/or horrible stereotypes. So, thread closed.