Gangsta Rap

http://rap.about.com/od/genresstyles/p/GangstaRap.htm

Another article that I came by while doing research.  This article was one that I actually had thought about when I was watching the Byron Hurt documentary and realized that he based his definition of "rap" under the heading of "gangsta rap".  In his documentary he identified the idea that all rappers are under the hypermasculine ideas of sexuality.  Because of this, I know that my paper will be revolving around "Gangsta Rap" females because they are the ones who predominate.  The reason for their predominance is that industry knows gangsta rap sells and, thus, they have someone who can sell from that perspective.  Yet, the female rapper also has her body as a sheet to construct an identity upon.  Her sexuality becomes a buttress to the "gangsta" image.  She, from supposedly living in the city and having a rough life, has learned to use her "body" in ways that females who weren't impoverished hadn't.  I don't agree with this idea per se but I think that it is the way that Industry ties into selling the female gangsta Rapper.