Mob Wives star Karen Gravano knows exactly what it's like to live the mob lifestyle, as she was born into the Gambino family, and the daughter of the Gambino family underboss, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano.  Her father was eventually arrested and admitted to 19 murders and helped authorities to convict 39 other members of his crime family.  She has a new book out titled "Mob Daughter", which is being adapted into a film, where she speaks on her experiences growing up with a true gangster father.  

During a recent interview with AllHipHop.com, Gravano was asked about why the hip hop culture takes on many of the mafia personas and why the world supports it so heavily.  Check out Karen's thoughts on why hip hop relates to the mob so well, below.

"I can definitely relate to it. I think artists like to create a character that people know about. It seems like America itself has glorified the mob. I'm not 100 percent happy with glorifying the lifestyle, because as a child who was born into this world, it does come with a price to pay. A lot of times when you are glorifying crime, there is a lot that you don't see.  But, I love Hip-Hop, and I see why some of the artists do it.

"When my father was out committing crime, he thought he was doing what he had to do to take care of our family. But in the long run, there is no dollar bill that I could put on a relationship with my father. What you do, it affects your family. Even in the Hip-Hop industry, I don't knock people who commit crimes. It's about understanding what you did and moving past it. If those artists were really doing all of the things they talked about, they would be in jail, not on the Billboard charts. I appreciate artists who said, this is what I did, and how I moved past it. If you commit crimes, accept it, wear it, and move past it."

Source: allhiphop.com