Sneak Peek- BORN AGAIN THUGS art by Samax Amen

In the mood for some Gangster Shit?

I would not say that I am often in the mood for gangster shit these days, but when I am, Westside Gunn is one of the cats I've been turning to lately.

SNOOP DOGG doubles down on the Hater-In-Chief

At the risk of losing our claims to journalistic integrity, it should be said that there are no fans of Donald Trump working here at GhettoManga.  With that in mind, here's the cover to Make America Crip Again, by Long Beach G-rap veteran Snoop Dogg.

MC Eiht + Lady of Rage = HEART COLD

Got my day started the right way this morning bumping this video Heart Cold by MC Eiht featuring Lady of Rage...

#nowPlaying- WESTSIDE(Gunn +MF)DOOM "GORILLA MONSOON"

Here's Gorilla Monsoon, off the upcoming collabo record by Westside Gunn and the mighty rhyming supervillain MF DOOM.

#yesReally- BO, PLUSHY GANGSTA: KINGDOM OF BO Trade Paperback published by @ActionLab

I saw an issue of post-hip hop blaxploitation comic BO, PLUSHY GANGSTA the last time I went to the comic shop, but I forgot to write about it when I got home, so I'm glad I ran across this preview art for the trade paperback today...

IN STORES NOW: GENIUS #3- the art by @AfuaRichardson is FREAKIN' GORGEOUS!!!

If you're not reading GENIUS, you are officially snoozing. It might just be a cat nap, though: Top Cow is releasing issues 1-5 weekly. so it's easy to get took unawares. But don't fret, just wipe that gunk outta your eyes and peep this preview of GENIUS #3...

“From Prince To King, my team Elohim. Now kiss the ring” -Planet Asia

Oh my damn... It is still sinking in that Gensu Dean and Planet Asia had a FREE listening party in my city and I missed it. Y'all can go ahead and stream their brand new collabo plate Abrasions below while I find a ledge to jump off of...

From the maker of "True Blood": BANSHEE: ORIGINS (30 page preview)

 The fine folks at Cinemax are debuting their new crime drama BANSHEE tonight. The series stars Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, hard-hustling thief posing as the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania. Because there's no such thing as half-way crooks, Mister Hood launches a new slate of criminal enterprises from Banshee, while awaiting the vengeance of the Russian gangsters he screwed over in his past life.
Anyways, Cinemax and IDW put together a prequel to get you up to speed on all that gangster shit. Peep the 30 page preview BANSHEE:ORIGINS below...

Speaking of Ice Cube...

Ice Cube used to dominate my tape deck (I was late changing to ceedees...), and I rode with him hard from the NWA days all the way through his fourth solo album Lethal Injection, after which I pretty much lost interest. His albums became increasingly about regional beefing and celebrating other rappers I was totally uninterested in. I didn't really care for the G-funk sound of post-Chronic gangsta rap, either (which in my late-eighties-obsessed mind all sounded like inferior reiterations of classic EPMD), but of course Cube loved it.