“I got into rapping by being a victim of circumstances; it was a hard situation with my brother. Mainly my older brother got hit with a life sentence, so he kind of inspired me.” KindHardSituationBrotherCircumstancesVictimInspiredRapSentencesMy BrotherOlder BrotherVictims Of Circumstance Author:Trae tha Truth
“Rap was slowly becoming one of my hustles, but it wasn't my main hustle. But I come from a family of hustlers, so once I figured the hustle out and mastered it, I took it to my brothers like... "we can flip this just like we flip anything else"... and they were with it but also sort of slow to come all the way on board.” WayBrotherBecomingRapBoardsMy BrotherFlipHustleBecoming One Author:Yo Gotti
“Not only the brothers on the street but the middle class brothers are also identifying with the gangster rappers because of the extent to which this music circulates. It becomes possible for the - not only the young middle class men, but it becomes possible for young middle class white men and young men of other racial communities to identify with the misogyny of gangster rap.” MenYoungCommunityWhiteClassStreetsMiddleBrotherRapYoung ManMiddle ClassRapperMisogynyWhite ManGangstersIdentifyingGangster Rap Author:Angela Davis
“Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.” PeopleLooksRealBigsAmericaStuffPayAttentionBoysStreetsBrotherMessagesYeahRapPay AttentionFbiHoodComptonReal StuffLapd Author:Eazy-E
“I met some brothers out from Canada recently who are real cool people. They make Spanish-language music called Cold Blue and I met then at a Lat-Rap conference and they seem like real good peoples from Central America... and that's what it is. It's just based on mutual respect. So when I meet people like that I'm like, "if y'all going to be real with me, I'm going to be real with y'all" and that's all it takes.” PeopleIfsRealSeemsAmericaLanguageBrotherColdMetsBlueRapCanadaMutualGood PeopleBeing RealConferencesMutual RespectCentral AmericaCool PeopleSpanish Language Author:Immortal Technique
“I left my Phillie at home, Do you have another? I wanna get blunted, my brother.” HomeLeftBrotherHip HopRapMy Brother Author:Daryl Barnes