[
UK
/ɡˈæŋstɐ/
]
[ US /ˈɡæŋstə/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæŋstə/ ]
NOUN
- (Black English) a member of a youth gang
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’?