[ UK /ɡˈæŋstɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæŋstə/ ]
NOUN
  1. (Black English) a member of a youth gang
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How To Use gangsta In A Sentence

  • While the history of gangsta rap music is fairly short, there is a good deal of discourse circulating in popular culture about the treatment of women by men within this genre.
  • A decade later, gangsta rap originated in Compton, California.
  • Though the commentary on each genre is apt and long awaited, his musical poetics crystallize best in his attention to gangsta rap.
  • There are at least two distinct perspectives on ‘being a lady’ in gangsta rap.
  • His words were as profane as any gangsta rapper's, but he preferred self-mockery to the usual braggadocio.
  • Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway. Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy.
  • His entry into in the music business is a perfect example of how gangsta rap packages real violence as entertainment.
  • Though hip-hop started out in New York and developed its most popular offshoot, gangsta rap, in the Wild West, most post-millennial innovations are occurring down south.
  • Although it is unusual for country music to be criticised in the same breath as gangsta rap and heavy metal, the researchers found that any violent lyrics can trigger aggression.
  • What more can you say about a gangsta rap superstar who spits, deadpan: ‘Hokey pokey dopey lokey okey dokey’?
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