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Gritty origins saga of gangsta rap

Published Thu, Oct 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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GANGSTA rap, the no-apologies sub-genre of hip-hop music that defined LA street gangs, defied authority and spawned a sub-culture adopted by disenfranchised inner-city youths in the late-1980s, goes legit and gets the Hollywood treatment in Straight Outta Compton, an origins tale about rap group N W A (Niggaz With Attitudes)

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