What Rappers are in a Gang?

What Rappers are in a Gang?

Blog Article

Hip-hop and street life have long been connected. While not every rapper is affiliated, many artists have ties to gang backgrounds.

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**Famous Street Gangs**

- Crips
- Piru sets
- Mara Salvatrucha
- Chicago-origin Hispanic gang
- Vice Lords
- Midwest power
- Hells Angels
- Black P. Stones
- Multi-national Latino gang
- Prison-based Hispanic group

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**What is Gang Rap?**

Also known as **gangsta rap** or **drill**, this genre:
- Reflects urban struggle
- Expresses real-life hardship
- Popularized by N.W.A., Ice-T, 2Pac

It’s not glorification — for some artists, it’s survival storytelling.

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**Artists with Street Affiliations**

1. **Snoop Dogg** – Rollin’ 20s Crips
2. **The Game** – Cedar Block Piru (Bloods)
3. **Ice-T** – Affiliated with Crips
4. **YG** – Member of the Bloods
5. **Nipsey Hussle** – Rollin’ 60s Crips
6. **Lil Wayne** – Bloods-affiliated
7. **Cardi B** – Self-proclaimed Blood
8. **Schoolboy Q** – Hoover Crips
9. **Eazy-E** – Kelly Park Compton Crips
10. **Bobby Shmurda** – GS9 Crew
11. **Mozzy** – Oak Park Bloods
12. **Jay Rock** – Bounty Hunter Bloods
13. **NBA YoungBoy** – Bottom Boy Gorilla (BBG)
14. **King Von** – Black Disciples
15. **Chief Keef** – Black Disciples
16. **2Pac** – Connected to Mob Piru later in life
17. **6ix9ine** – Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods
18. **MC Eiht** – Tragniew Park Compton Crips
19. **Freddie Gibbs** read more – Vice Lords
20. **Toddy Tee** – Associated with trap-linked gang in Brooklyn

Some joined later, but all reflect life in high-risk zones.

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**Final Thoughts**

Not all rappers are gang-affiliated. Many use music as an escape. However, gang life has influenced the genre.
Artists channel experience into beats — and that’s what makes gang-related rap **so real and powerful**.