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[ UK /ɡˈæŋstɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæŋstə/ ]
NOUN
  1. (Black English) a member of a youth gang

How To Use gangsta In A Sentence

  • Makes me look a gangsta rapper! The Sun
  • How many albums can a group of stoned-out gangstas make about weed and killing people?
  • The band's strict avoidance of a ‘stereotypical, gangsta-styled’ video speaks for their desire to avoid parody, and they rejected any script that called for them to present themselves as would-be gangstas.
  • While original gangstas like NWA presented graphic dispatches from LA gang turf where few reporters were brave enough to tread, he has been sold as a GI Joe doll with real bullet holes.
  • Black commentators offer the most intensive critiques of gangsta rap.
  • Not only is this a big seller with the wannabe gangstas, this gnome has gotten some street cred from real playas as well.
  • When gangsta rap took over in the early '90s, hip-hop's surrealist streak didn't die: it just moved to Britain.
  • Of course gangsta rap isn't the only reason for the riots. Times, Sunday Times
  • Usually, American male videos involve either gangstas driving around slowly in a pimped-out car glaring at pensioners, or a boy looking sad in the rain with his shirt off.
  • Plus, his matricidal ramblings are beyond the pale even for hip hop; gangsta rappers, like their celluloid counterparts, will consistently take hiatus from issuing colorful death threats to pay homage to dear old mom.
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