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"In gangsta rap, battles for authenticity can take dangerous turns. As the genre moved from stories of petty crime into super-gangster fables, rappers’ real lives simply could not keep up. What passes for authenticity is really a fragile character developed for public consumption. Record labels, rappers, and even (mostly white) consumers to some extent know thisâ€â€and act accordingly.
Labels and rappers seize every opportunity to reaffirm their “gangsta†credentials to an ...
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