Contents

Introduction

Foreword

Native Son

“Squeeze the Trigger”

Niggaz Wit Attitude

The Revolution Gets Televised

Ice Cube: “A Gangsta’s Fairytale”

“Say Hello to My Little Friends”: Gangster Rap Meets Scarface and the Geto Boys

Gangster Rap Is the Name

California Dreamin’: The Aftermath

A Doggy Dogg World

Bangin on Wax: There Goes the Neighborhood

G-Funk Meets Mob Music

Death Around the Corner: The So-Called East Coast/West Coast Beef

It Ain’t My Fault: Master P and the No Limit Revolution

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg Reignite, Sending Detractors “Up in Smoke”

Your Life’s on the Line

Money Turned Boys into Men

Gangster Rap at Thirty

Acknowledgments

Works Cited

Photo Credits

Index of Searchable Terms

Image

MC Eiht and Mack 10 on the set of Thicker Than Water in Los Angeles in June 1998.