Emo rap is massive, and there’s no other way to put it. Candid lyrics centered on emotional and confessional subject matter make up the sub-genre, which, at times, merges hip-hop and rock music. Sad ...

For fans and critics who intellectualize it, gangsta rap, or “reality rap,” is serious business. For them, the defining genre of West Coast hip-hop represents true stories from the ’hood as told by ...