[Ads-l] Antedating of "Gangsta Rap"

[Shapiro, Fred]

gangsta rap (OED 1989)

1988 Daily News (New York) 12 Oct. 24 (ProQuest)

[Chris] Schwartz got his start in music during the early 1980s as drummer for some Philadelphia rap acts.  Soon after, he began managing "gangsta rap" artist Schoolly D.

Fred Shapiro

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