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<div class="NavHead" style="font-weight:normal;" id="wx3"><i id="wx4">A questa voce va aggiunto il <a href="/wit/Aiuto:Template" title="Aiuto:Template" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Aiuto:Template" id="wx5">template sinottico</a> <b id="wx6">{{<a href="/wit/Template:Genere_musicale" title="Template:Genere musicale" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Template:Genere_musicale" wx:page_id="1274465" id="wx7">Genere musicale</a>}} <sup id="wx8">(<a href="/wit/Template:Genere_musicale/man" title="Template:Genere musicale/man" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Template:Genere_musicale/man" wx:page_id="1297113" id="wx9">uso</a>)</sup></b></i>
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<p id="wx12">Per favore, <span class="plainlinks" id="wx13"><a href="http://wit/wit/index.php?title=Mafioso_rap&amp;action=edit" class="external text" wx:linktype="external" rel="nofollow" id="wx14"><span title="Modifica Mafioso rap" id="wx15"><b id="wx16">aggiungi</b></span></a></span> il template e poi rimuovi questo avviso.<br id="wx17"/>
Per le altre pagine a cui aggiungere questo template, vedi la <a href="/wit/Categoria:Pagine_a_cui_deve_essere_aggiunto_il_template_Genere_musicale" title="Categoria:Pagine a cui deve essere aggiunto il template Genere musicale" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Categoria:Pagine_a_cui_deve_essere_aggiunto_il_template_Genere_musicale" wx:page_id="1297262" id="wx18">relativa categoria</a>.</p>
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<p id="wx21">Il <b id="wx22">mafioso rap</b> è un sottogenere dell'<a href="/wit/Hip_hop" title="Hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Hip_hop" wx:page_id="17252" id="wx23">hip hop</a> fiorito nella metà degli <a href="/wit/Anni_1990" title="Anni 1990" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Anni_1990" wx:page_id="41" id="wx24">anni novanta</a>. È la versione semi-mafiosa dell'<a href="/wit/East_Coast_rap" title="East Coast rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="East_Coast_rap" wx:page_id="506604" id="wx25">East Coast</a> <a href="/wit/Hardcore_hip_hop" title="Hardcore hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Hardcore_hip_hop" wx:page_id="500852" id="wx26">hardcore rap</a>.</p>

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<p id="wx28">Al contrario dei <a href="/wit/Gangsta_rap" title="Gangsta rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Gangsta_rap" wx:page_id="90989" id="wx29">gangsta rappers</a>, tendenti a descrivere la vera vita cittadina vista dalle strade del ghetto, i <a href="/wit/Rapper" title="Rapper" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Rapper" wx:page_id="67742" id="wx30">rapper</a> mafiosi inseriscono nei loro testi lussuose ed ambiziose fantasie da gangster, facendo numerosi riferimenti alle più note organizzazioni criminali italiane, come la famiglia <a href="/wit/John_Gambino" title="John Gambino" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="John_Gambino" wx:page_id="403401" id="wx31">Gambino</a> o <a href="/wit/Cosa_Nostra" title="Cosa Nostra" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Cosa_Nostra" wx:page_id="42779" id="wx32">Cosa Nostra</a>. Le sofisticate ed espressive storie narrate dai mafia rapper sono spesso riadattamenti di classici del thriller come "<i id="wx33"><a href="/wit/Bonnie_%26_Clyde" title="Bonnie &amp; Clyde" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Bonnie_&amp;_Clyde" wx:page_id="626101" id="wx34">Bonnie &amp; Clyde</a></i>", "<i id="wx35"><a href="/wit/Il_Padrino" title="Il Padrino" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Il_Padrino" wx:page_id="1450369" id="wx36">Il Padrino</a></i>", "<i id="wx37"><a href="/wit/Quei_bravi_ragazzi" title="Quei bravi ragazzi" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Quei_bravi_ragazzi" wx:page_id="92663" id="wx38">Quei bravi ragazzi</a></i>", "<i id="wx39"><a href="/wit/Casin%C3%B2_%28film%29" title="Casinò (film)" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Casinò_(film)" wx:page_id="136284" id="wx40">Casino</a></i>" o "<i id="wx41"><a href="/wit/Scarface_%28film%29" title="Scarface (film)" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Scarface_(film)" wx:page_id="14724" id="wx42">Scarface</a></i>". Altra caratteristica del Mafioso rap è l'idoleggiare le più importanti personalità criminali; personaggi del genere sono i leggendari boss degli <a href="/wit/Anni_1920" title="Anni 1920" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Anni_1920" wx:page_id="45" id="wx43">anni 1920</a> e <a href="/wit/Anni_1930" title="Anni 1930" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Anni_1930" wx:page_id="44" id="wx44">trenta</a> come <a href="/wit/Al_Capone" title="Al Capone" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Al_Capone" wx:page_id="65320" id="wx45">Al Capone</a>, <a href="/wit/Frank_Costello" title="Frank Costello" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Frank_Costello" wx:page_id="405281" id="wx46">Frank Costello</a>, <a href="/wit/Lucky_Luciano" title="Lucky Luciano" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Lucky_Luciano" wx:page_id="484057" id="wx47">Lucky Luciano</a>, o i signori del mercato della droga dall'<a href="/wit/America_Latina" title="America Latina" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="America_Latina" wx:page_id="1388603" id="wx48">America Latina</a>(ad esempio <a href="/wit/Pablo_Escobar" title="Pablo Escobar" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Pablo_Escobar" wx:page_id="228631" id="wx49">Pablo Escobar</a>).</p>

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<p id="wx51">La mafia è sempre stata un punto fisso nella mentalità degli artisti hip-hop, sin dai primi anni del genere musicale. <a href="/wit/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="LL_Cool_J" wx:page_id="385400" id="wx52">LL Cool J</a>, ad esempio, è stato uno dei primissimi <a href="/wit/MC" title="MC" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="MC" wx:page_id="619432" id="wx53">MC</a> a fare qualcosa del genere nel pezzo "<i id="wx54">I'm Bad</i>":&lt;&lt;Not the last Mafioso, I'm an MC cop.&gt;&gt;. In maniera molto simile, <a href="/wit/Kool_G_Rap" title="Kool G Rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Kool_G_Rap" wx:page_id="544965" id="wx55">Kool G Rap</a> ha fatto dello stile di vita dei gangster il tema principale dei suoi testi. Nel suo disco di debutto, "<i id="wx56"><a href="/wit/Road_To_The_Riches" class="new" title="Road To The Riches" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Road_To_The_Riches" id="wx57">Road To The Riches</a></i>" (<a href="/wit/1989" title="1989" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="1989" wx:page_id="4674" id="wx58">1989</a>), G Rap dipinge vere e proprie situazioni tratte dalla vita di un criminale. <a href="/wit/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Jay-Z" wx:page_id="95535" id="wx59">Jay-Z</a> fa diversi riferimenti ai mafiosi italiani nell'<a href="/wit/Artwork" class="new" title="Artwork" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Artwork" id="wx60">artwork</a> del suo primo album "<i id="wx61"><a href="/wit/Reasonable_Doubt" class="new" title="Reasonable Doubt" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Reasonable_Doubt" id="wx62">Reasonable Doubt</a></i>", con un borsalino, un gessato ed un sigaro, presenti anche nei testi.</p>

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<p id="wx69"> Gettin' richer and richer, the police took my picture</p>

<p id="wx70">But I still supplied, some people I knew died<br id="wx71"/>
Murders and homicides for bottles of suicide<br id="wx72"/>
Money, jewelry, livin' like a star<br id="wx73"/>
And I wasn't too far from a Jaguar car<br id="wx74"/>
In a small-time casino, the town's Al Pacino<br id="wx75"/>
For all of the girls, the pretty boy Valentino<br id="wx76"/>
I shot up stores and I kicked down doors<br id="wx77"/>
Collecting scars from little neighborhood wars<br id="wx78"/>
Many legs I broke, many necks I choked<br id="wx79"/>
And if provoked I let the pistol smoke<br id="wx80"/>
Eyes of hate and their hearts get colder<br id="wx81"/>
Some young male put in jail<br id="wx82"/>
His lawyer so good his bail is on sale<br id="wx83"/>
Lookin' at the hourglass, how long can this power last?<br id="wx84"/>
Longer than my song but he already fell<br id="wx85"/>
He likes to eat hearty, party<br id="wx86"/>
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<p id="wx87">Be like John Gotti, and drive a Maserati <span style="font-size:125%;" id="wx88"><b id="wx89">»</b></span></p>
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<p id="wx94">(<small id="wx95">Kool G Rap, "<i id="wx96">Road To The Riches</i>"</small>)</p>
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<p id="wx97">L'epica di Kool G Rap, riguardante il traffico di droga e il lussuoso ambiente dell'illegalità, ha ispirato i maggiori esponenti del Mafioso rap della metà anni novanta, i quali hanno avuto modo di registrare anche successi commerciali e pareri positivi dalla critica; tra questi ricordiamo "<i id="wx98"><a href="/wit/Only_Built_4_Cuban_Linx..." title="Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..." wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Only_Built_4_Cuban_Linx..." wx:page_id="252820" id="wx99">Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...</a></i>" di <a href="/wit/Raekwon_the_Chef" title="Raekwon the Chef" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Raekwon_the_Chef" wx:page_id="634834" id="wx100">Raekwon the Chef</a>, effettivamente il primo vero esempio di Mafioso rap, "<i id="wx101"><a href="/wit/Doe_Or_Die" title="Doe Or Die" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Doe_Or_Die" wx:page_id="1310042" id="wx102">Doe Or Die</a></i>" di <a href="/wit/AZ_%28rapper%29" title="AZ (rapper)" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="AZ_(rapper)" wx:page_id="482513" id="wx103">AZ</a> e "<i id="wx104"><a href="/wit/Reasonable_Doubt" class="new" title="Reasonable Doubt" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Reasonable_Doubt" id="wx105">Reasonable Doubt</a></i>" di <a href="/wit/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Jay-Z" wx:page_id="95535" id="wx106">Jay-Z</a>. Nel pieno della notorietà del genere album come "<i id="wx107"><a href="/wit/It_Was_Written..." title="It Was Written..." wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="It_Was_Written..." wx:page_id="749693" id="wx108">It Was Written...</a></i>" di <a href="/wit/Nas_%28musicista%29" title="Nas (musicista)" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Nas_(musicista)" wx:page_id="132485" id="wx109">Nas</a> o "<i id="wx110"><a href="/wit/Life_After_Death" class="new" title="Life After Death" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Life_After_Death" id="wx111">Life After Death</a></i>" di <a href="/wit/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G." wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="The_Notorious_B.I.G." wx:page_id="323495" id="wx112">The Notorious B.I.G.</a> hanno ottenuto diversi <a href="/wit/Disco_di_platino" title="Disco di platino" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Disco_di_platino" wx:page_id="475537" id="wx113">dischi di platino</a>.</p>

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<li id="wx116"><a href="/wit/AZ_%28rapper%29" title="AZ (rapper)" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="AZ_(rapper)" wx:page_id="482513" id="wx117">AZ</a></li>

<li id="wx118"><a href="/wit/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Jay-Z" wx:page_id="95535" id="wx119">Jay-Z</a>
<p id="wx120">("<i id="wx121"><a href="/wit/Reasonable_Doubt" class="new" title="Reasonable Doubt" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Reasonable_Doubt" id="wx122">Reasonable Doubt</a></i>")</p>
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<li id="wx123"><a href="/wit/Kool_G_Rap" title="Kool G Rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Kool_G_Rap" wx:page_id="544965" id="wx124">Kool G Rap</a></li>

<li id="wx125"><a href="/wit/Nas" title="Nas" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Nas" wx:page_id="348200" id="wx126">Nas</a></li>

<li id="wx127"><a href="/wit/Notorious_B.I.G." title="Notorious B.I.G." wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Notorious_B.I.G." wx:page_id="323459" id="wx128">Biggie Smalls</a></li>

<li id="wx129"><a href="/wit/Mobb_Deep" title="Mobb Deep" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Mobb_Deep" wx:page_id="580004" id="wx130">Mobb Deep</a></li>

<li id="wx131"><a href="/wit/Raekwon_the_Chef" title="Raekwon the Chef" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Raekwon_the_Chef" wx:page_id="634834" id="wx132">Raekwon the Chef</a></li>

<li id="wx133"><a href="/wit/Scarface_%28rapper%29" title="Scarface (rapper)" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Scarface_(rapper)" wx:page_id="1359465" id="wx134">Scarface</a></li>
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<td align="center" id="wx144"><a href="/wit/Alternative_hip_hop" title="Alternative hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Alternative_hip_hop" wx:page_id="500248" id="wx145">Alternative</a>
<p id="wx146">- <a href="/wit/Chicano_rap" title="Chicano rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Chicano_rap" wx:page_id="1088594" id="wx147">Chicano rap</a> - <a href="/wit/Chopped_and_screwed" title="Chopped and screwed" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Chopped_and_screwed" wx:page_id="500275" id="wx148">Chopped and screwed</a> - <a href="/wit/Christian_hip_hop" title="Christian hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Christian_hip_hop" wx:page_id="500307" id="wx149">Christian</a> - <a href="/wit/Conscious_hip_hop" title="Conscious hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Conscious_hip_hop" wx:page_id="1075939" id="wx150">Conscious</a> - <a href="/wit/Crunk" title="Crunk" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Crunk" wx:page_id="500618" id="wx151">Crunk</a> - <a href="/wit/Gangsta_rap" title="Gangsta rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Gangsta_rap" wx:page_id="90989" id="wx152">Gangsta</a> - <a href="/wit/G-funk" title="G-funk" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="G-funk" wx:page_id="500720" id="wx153">G-funk</a> - <a href="/wit/Et%C3%A0_dell%27oro_dell%27hip_hop" title="Età dell'oro dell'hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Età_dell'oro_dell'hip_hop" wx:page_id="1079287" id="wx154">Golden age</a> - <a href="/wit/Hardcore_hip_hop" title="Hardcore hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Hardcore_hip_hop" wx:page_id="500852" id="wx155">Hardcore</a><br id="wx156"/>
 <a href="/wit/Homo_hop" title="Homo hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Homo_hop" wx:page_id="516015" id="wx157">Homo hop</a> - <a href="/wit/Horrorcore" title="Horrorcore" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Horrorcore" wx:page_id="503357" id="wx158">Horrorcore</a> - <a href="/wit/Instrumental_hip_hop" title="Instrumental hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Instrumental_hip_hop" wx:page_id="503532" id="wx159">Instrumental</a> - <a href="/wit/Jazz_rap" title="Jazz rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Jazz_rap" wx:page_id="503538" id="wx160">Jazz rap</a> - <a href="/wit/Latin_rap" title="Latin rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Latin_rap" wx:page_id="448257" id="wx161">Latin rap</a> - <a href="/wit/Mafioso_rap" title="Mafioso rap" wx:linktype="self" wx:pagename="Mafioso_rap" wx:page_id="636115" id="wx162">Mafioso rap</a> - <a href="/wit/Nerdcore_hip_hop" title="Nerdcore hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Nerdcore_hip_hop" wx:page_id="503583" id="wx163">Nerdcore</a> - <a href="/wit/Underground_hip_hop" title="Underground hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Underground_hip_hop" wx:page_id="516339" id="wx164">Underground hip hop</a> - <a href="/wit/Old_school_hip_hop" title="Old school hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Old_school_hip_hop" wx:page_id="429501" id="wx165">Old school</a> - <a href="/wit/Pop_rap" title="Pop rap" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Pop_rap" wx:page_id="501352" id="wx166">Pop rap</a></p>
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 <a href="/wit/Progetto:Musica" class="new" title="Progetto:Musica" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Progetto:Musica" id="wx173">Collabora al Progetto Musica</a> | <a href="/wit/Portale:Musica" class="new" title="Portale:Musica" wx:linktype="unknown" wx:pagename="Portale:Musica" id="wx174">Accedi al Portale della Musica</a></b> </td>
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<a href="/wit/index.php?title=Speciale:Categories&amp;article=Mafioso_rap" title="Speciale:Categories" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Speciale:Categories" id="wx175">Categorie</a>: <span dir="ltr" id="wx176"><a href="/wit/Categoria:Pagine_a_cui_deve_essere_aggiunto_il_template_Genere_musicale" title="Categoria:Pagine a cui deve essere aggiunto il template Genere musicale" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Categoria:Pagine_a_cui_deve_essere_aggiunto_il_template_Genere_musicale" wx:page_id="1297262" id="wx177">Pagine a cui deve essere aggiunto il template Genere musicale</a></span> | <span dir="ltr" id="wx178"><a href="/wit/Categoria:Generi_musicali_hip_hop" title="Categoria:Generi musicali hip hop" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Categoria:Generi_musicali_hip_hop" wx:page_id="441218" id="wx179">Generi musicali hip hop</a></span></div>
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Altre lingue: <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafioso-Rap" class="external" wx:linktype="interwiki" wx:pagename="de:Mafioso-Rap" id="wx180">Deutsch</a> | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafioso_rap" class="external" wx:linktype="interwiki" wx:pagename="en:Mafioso_rap" id="wx181">English</a></div>
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<p id="wx183">Gettin' richer and richer, the police took my picture But I still supplied, some people I knew died<br id="wx184"/>
Murders and homicides for bottles of suicide<br id="wx185"/>
Money, jewelry, livin' like a star<br id="wx186"/>
And I wasn't too far from a Jaguar car<br id="wx187"/>
In a small-time casino, the town's Al Pacino<br id="wx188"/>
For all of the girls, the pretty boy Valentino<br id="wx189"/>
I shot up stores and I kicked down doors<br id="wx190"/>
Collecting scars from little neighborhood wars<br id="wx191"/>
Many legs I broke, many necks I choked<br id="wx192"/>
And if provoked I let the pistol smoke<br id="wx193"/>
Eyes of hate and their hearts get colder<br id="wx194"/>
Some young male put in jail<br id="wx195"/>
His lawyer so good his bail is on sale<br id="wx196"/>
Lookin' at the hourglass, how long can this power last?<br id="wx197"/>
Longer than my song but he already fell<br id="wx198"/>
He likes to eat hearty, party<br id="wx199"/>
Be like John Gotti, and drive a Maserati</p>
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