Good Girls Gone Bad

Rap songs that tell cautionary tales about women.

2Pac "Brenda's Got a Baby"\r - 2Pac created a compelling, classic tale of a young girl who gets pregnant and ends up throwing her baby in the trash in the song "Brenda's Got Aa Baby." A victim of a troubled upbringing in the ghetto, Brenda represented the struggle of a teenaged statistic gone wrong. With the song, 2Pac tried to convey the message that the story doesn't have to end this way for all.\r(Photo: Courtesy of Interscope Records)
Lost Boyz "Rene" - Rene was not so much of a bad girl. In this Lost Boyz song, the "shorty" falls for Mr. Cheeks and winds up in a ghetto love story. But it all takes a turn for the worst when Rene becomes a victim of murder at the hands of a street thug.(Photo: Courtesy of Universal Records)
Nas "Black Girl Lost"\r - Nas paints a picture of girls in the 'hood who he considers to be "lost." In one of the rapper's earlier cuts, the Queens MC delivers three different examples of a "Black Girl Lost," falling victim to the temptations in the streets. In each verse, Nas details a story of women caught up in the struggle.\r(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)/content/dam/betcom/images/2011/07/Celebs-07.01-07.15/080411-celebs-jay-z-pharrell.jpg

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2Pac "Brenda's Got a Baby"\r - 2Pac created a compelling, classic tale of a young girl who gets pregnant and ends up throwing her baby in the trash in the song "Brenda's Got Aa Baby." A victim of a troubled upbringing in the ghetto, Brenda represented the struggle of a teenaged statistic gone wrong. With the song, 2Pac tried to convey the message that the story doesn't have to end this way for all.\r(Photo: Courtesy of Interscope Records)

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