Is there a difference between hip hop & gangsta rap...

[Dre-Day]

In my own opinion i think gansta rap differs from hip hop.. state your opinions..

what is hip hop & what is gangsta rap mean to you..

lol this topic is stupid as hell 

[AnybodyKilla]

Hip Hop is the culture, Gangsta Rap is a genre of music within that culture

[Do Dirty]

Hip-Hop music is a form of expressing. Gangsta rap is just a subculture or genre within hip-hop expressing the gangsta lifestyle and events going on in the streets through hood tales.

[COMPTONRIDA1]

Hip-Hop music is a form of expressing. Gangsta rap is just a subculture or genre within hip-hop expressing the gangsta lifestyle and events going on in the streets through hood tales.

good point..

[coast2coast]

gangsta rap>hip hop

[D-Stress]

Hip Hop is a culture (MC'ing, DJ'ing, Graffiti, B-Boying)

Gangsta Rap is just one of many sub-genres under the umbrella called Rap.

Rap is under the umbrella called Hip Hop.

best answer.def. true.

[midwestryder]

NELLY AINT HIP HOP NELLY IS TRASH WU TANG THAT'S HIP HOP

nelly is hip hop . nelly sound is old school 80's party rap . hip hop was never gangsta rap in early 80's . hip hop in early 80's was  just like what nelly make today . the original form of hip hop was party rap just like nelly does not gangsta rap or the kind of rap wu tang did . also hip hop is  not a music but a culture . rap is the music of hip hop . so anything rap is hip hop.

[midwestryder]

NELLY AINT HIP HOP NELLY IS TRASH WU TANG THAT'S HIP HOP

that's correct !!!!

no that is wrong & so are you wrong. nelly is not trash & you do not know what hip hop is.nelly is hip hop . nelly sound is old school 80's party rap . hip hop was never gangsta rap in early 80's . hip hop in early 80's was  just like what nelly make today . the original form of hip hop was party rap just like nelly does not gangsta rap or the kind of rap wu tang did . also hip hop is  not a music but a culture . rap is the music of hip hop . so anything rap is hip hop.

[midwestryder]

I'll put it like this, so called "gangsta rap" is hip hop but hip hop is not necessarily "gangsta rap." Hip Hop encompasses gangsta rap but is much bigger than that. Gangsta rap is just one type of hip hop. Usually the only people who will tell you that gangsta rap isn't hip hop are nerds and hip hop elitist snobs. Same with the idiot that says Nelly isn't hip hop. I can't fuckin stand his music but that doesn't mean he isn't hip hop. He just doesn't make the type of hip hop I like.

right on man . you are coming correct.

[K-9]

NELLY AINT HIP HOP NELLY IS TRASH WU TANG THAT'S HIP HOP

[CP159]

HIP HOP IS GANGSTARR N MASTA ACE N CRONITE


HIP HOP IS MORE FUNKY N SHIT

BUT GANGSTA RAP IS MORE RUTHLESS N MORE SERIOUS

GANGSTA RAP IS EAZY-E

R.I.P

[midwestryder]

NELLY AINT HIP HOP NELLY IS TRASH WU TANG THAT'S HIP HOP

no that is wrong & so are you wrong. nelly is not trash & you do not know what hip hop is.nelly is hip hop . nelly sound is old school 80's party rap . hip hop was never gangsta rap in early 80's . hip hop in early 80's was  just like what nelly make today . the original form of hip hop was party rap just like nelly does not gangsta rap or the kind of rap wu tang did . also hip hop is  not a music but a culture . rap is the music of hip hop . so anything rap is hip hop.