Why Did Rappers Embrace The Mafiaso Rap

[ISO]

Because they like the extravagant lifestyle and the whole aura around the mafia thing the cigars, champagne, drugs makes for some great storytelling raps. Plus, to some capacity these guys were in that life or had it around them.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I think it was more about respect. Everyone knows the mafia was racist, and the black gangsters resented Italians...but there was mutual respect among the realest on both sides.

It's like that scene in The Sopranos where Tony mentions some black gangster he respects. He says he's one of the most honorable men he knows but wouldn't let his daughter date his son, just as the black guy wouldn't let his son date Tony's daughter.

 

[TrifeGod]

:brr:

 

[Fake_AGent]

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[King Karim]

I don't recall said scene in goodfellas, i do remember Stacks but i don't see how that's racism. He got killed like everyone else working the gig did. if they were racist they wouldn't even work with a black man.

after the girls said they would be w/Sammy -- they started clowning the girls about wanting to be with a ni99er. not a ni99a but a ni99er, same with Stacks(samuel) it was all racial dialouge



--- to answer the thread -- rappers embraced the lifestyle in the 90s when a slew of mafia movies were being made in hollywood and were hugely hugely popular and it found it's way in the hiphop world.

 

[The War Report]

It's not about The Mafia per se but organized crime and the luxuries that come with it.

 

[Solomon Caine]

''The double R shotty splash nikkaz in der manicotti, I rep for Black Gangstas, shyt on John Gotti''- Tragedy Khadafi

Trag is dat nikka

 

[Jone2three45]

My guess,
It was created,
To compete,
With West Coast,
Gangster Rap.

 

[Threnody]

"Capture your bounty like Elliot Ness, yes
Bless you if you represent the Fu
But I'll hex you with some witch's brew
If you're doo-doo, voodoo
I can do what you do, easy, believe me
Fronting nikkas give me hee-bee-gee-bees
So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone
And defecating on your microphone" - Lauryn Hill

 

[Awesome Wells]

It was about what came along with the image.

But Hip Hop embraced all kinds of shyt to attach itself to. When it was cool to be righteous and pro-black, cats did that. When being a ladies man was hot, dudes had all those love songs poppin'. The horror-core thing was try'na get off the ground at one point. Then everyone wanted to be Redman. Music goes through cycles, and most times its vibe is rooted in images.

If the music is dope, I don't care about what the image is. Just so happens that the Mafioso vibe spawned a lot of dope shyt.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

john gotti a known racist

but jay-z i never prayed to god i prayed to gotti

Not only that but John Gotti was actually ALLIED with the Aryan Brotherhood!

 

[Truth200]

 

[Prince Cairo]

Regardless of its genesis, mafioso rap really is one of the best sub-genres in all of Hip Hop.

One of the earliest posts summed it up perfectly: the mafia lifestyle is the actualization of most street guys' fantasies. Strong familial bonds, a closed community, steady cash flow, and a damn good sense of style; shyt, I watched The Godfather for the first time as a little kid and wanted to be in the mafia when I grew up.

 

[mson]

Not only that but John Gotti was actually ALLIED with the Aryan Brotherhood!

How did you find this thread?

 

[Bawon Samedi]

How did you find this thread?

Something called "Google".

Also I was gonna make a thread touching base on this but made sure there wasn't a thread similar to this topic but there was...