Yo man,,,gangsta Rap was gay from the beginning to now! That whole "There's no other way to survive except slang rocks,,," is bullshit. Check it man, I seen hard times, and shit,,,I'm goin thru them now. I got my 2 kids and my wife cant work right now cus my kids are still young,,,and YEAH, I hustled on the side here and there just to get by,,,,,JUST TO GET BY! I know cats that used to be Big Time hustlers from my way, but in the end they got real jobs and know slangin Full Time is all about fast money and materialism. Holdin' heat on the block for protecton,,,now there I feel is REAL. Shits crazy everywhere these days. But, these rap cats aint really killin other dudes. And the ones that are really "Thugs" are known,,,a la Suge, C-Murder, Styles p,,,etc. But all in all,,,they just stupid. This "Fad" of Hip Hop will never die, and the only thing gangsta rap did was kill Hip Hop to begin with!
Oh yeah,,,,BTW,,,Jus for the record,,,,I'm 5'9" and 275lbs. I have a fucked up disk in my back and I'll still smack the shit outta whoever thinks they the tuffest rapper! LOL, couple of my friends in the industry told me there secrets,,,ya wouldnt believe where half of these cats are REALLY from! Like so called Pimp/Gangsta Ice-T aint really from LA,,,,,,