Patrick Hall (born November 17, 1973), better known by his stage name Gangsta Pat, is an American

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

from

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mo ...

who established himself in the Memphis underground during the late 1980s and is the son of

Stax Records Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records. Stax was ...

drummer, Willie Hall.Larkin, Colin (1999) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 133 Gangsta Pat is also one of the first rap artists from the city to make the move from an indie label to a

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when signing to

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during the start of the

Gangsta rap Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, emerged in the mid- to late 1980s as a controversial hip-hop subgenre whose lyrics assert the culture and values typical of American street gangs and street hustlers. Many gangsta rappe ...

era.Malone, Bill C. & Wilson, Charles Reagan (2009) ''The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music'', , p. 77Birchmeier, Jason
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, retrieved 2011-01-26 He wrote, produced, and played all of the instruments on his early releases.Hoffman, Frank W. (2005) ''American Popular Music: Rhythm & Blues, Rap, and Hip-hop'', Facts On File Inc, , p. 101

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on Myspace * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pat, Gangsta 1972 births African-American male rappers Ichiban Records artists Living people Rappers from Memphis, Tennessee Southern hip hop musicians Gangsta rappers 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people