Hip-hop might have been birthed in the ‘80s; however it wasn't until the ‘90s when the genre started to take off. It was an era of legends like Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, and more who ...

Dr. Dre's “Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang” introduced the world to G-funk — a subgenre of gangsta rap, which became very popular in the ‘90s — and solidified Dre's status as a hip-hop icon.

Inge Osterhoff, a gangster rap scholar, called this drive for censorship ... clutching their pearls at Snoop Dogg’s music in ...