Mafioso Hip-Hop Wiki



Welcome to the Mafioso Hip-Hop Wiki
A wiki dedicated to the sub-genre of hip-hop known as Mafioso.

What is Mafioso?
The term 'mafioso' means to be a member of the Mafia, or a similar criminal organisation.

Mafioso Hip-Hop differs from standard Gangster Rap or Hardcore Hip-Hop in various ways, but is heavily influenced by New York's boom bap sound. Common facets of mafioso rap include:
 * Referencing movies that depict real mobsters, but may also reference fictional characters (ie. Scarface).
 * Detailed descriptions of organised crime, particularly heists.
 * Murder is sometimes glamorised, and often normalised.
 * Penchant for the finer things, including but not limited to talk of expensive cars, jewellery, clothing and alcohol
 * Drug dealing - either directly on the streets or further up the chain through multi-million deals
 * Assassination - particularly of rival mobsters
 * Use of slang or codified terminology
 * Rhyme schemes can often be complex

Types
There are other artists who have dabbled in Mafioso that may record one themed album (ie. Nas' "It Was Written")
 * Thug-Mafioso - the most common type, mixing street rap with aspirations of mobster life
 * Raekwon the Chef
 * Mobb Deep
 * Freddie Gibbs
 * Lyrical-Mafioso - intricately written, rhyme-heavy emcees who specialise in stories of organised crime
 * Roc Marciano
 * Kool G Rap
 * Big Punisher
 * Wu-Tang (Knowledge-Mafioso) - mixing stories of organised crime with science, martial arts and philosophy
 * Cappadonna
 * Killah Priest
 * Various Wu-Tang Clan members and affiliates
 * Ignorant-Mafioso - celebrating the excess and sinful side of wealth (sex, drugs, power) that comes with the Mafioso lifestyle
 * Rick Ross
 * Pusha T
 * Foxy Brown

Italian-American Mafia

 * Gambino family
 * John Gotti
 * John Gotti

Russian Mafia

Movies
For a full list of movies that have been referenced in Mafioso hip-hop, please see the Movies list.
 * The Godfather trilogy
 * Scarface (1982)
 * The Untouchables (1987)
 * Goodfellas (1990)
 * Casino (1995)
 * City of God (2004)

By Year
"Let's start from the beginning, at the top of the list"

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