In August 1988, N.W.A. released Straight Outta Compton, and the album promptly soared to number nine on Billboard's Top R&B ...

Like its older counterpart, the hard-core rock that white youth celebrate at raves, gangsta rap is entertainment and self-expression. It is not an incurable disease. At least, I do not think it is.

Coolio won a Grammy for best solo rap performance for “Gangsta’s Paradise,” the 1995 hit from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film “Dangerous Minds” that sampled Stevie Wonder ...