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Kaminski, Katie. "Hip Hop and Gangs." //Hip Hop//. Web. 13 Aug. 2012. .

Fact 1- Gangsta rap is one form of Hip Hop

Fact 2- Hip Hop has given ghettos a new identity, stereotypical

Fact 3- Gangsta rap is the voice of the young generation

Fact 4- Gangsta rap represents the drama of the streets

Fact 5- The media companies promote the stereotypes and violence in rap music

Fact 6- NWA was the first "gangster rap" group

Fact 7- A lot of gangster rappers didn't come from the ghetto

Fact 8- Some of the innovators of hip hop are Queen Latifa, Run DMC, KRS-1, and Afrikaa Bamaata

Fact 9- Tupac was the first to start the "Thug Life"

Fact 10- Tupacs "Thug Life" is what made the ghetto youth

Fact 11- Rappers preforming usually show aggression when they preform

Fact 12- They also say violent lyrics

Fact 13- The violent lyrics from the NWA is what sold their records and made them money

Fact 14- After seeing the rise of the NWA because of their lyrics, people started going with the violent lyrics

Fact 15- Members of the NWA were not really gangsters in real life