Crossword clues for gangsta
gangsta
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rap style generally credited to West Philly hip hop artist Schoolly D, but as for the word itself, his " Gangster Boogie" (1984) used the conventional spelling; NWA was spelling it gangsta by 1988.
Wiktionary
a. (context slang English) exhibiting the traits or demeanor associated with the high risk lifestyle of urban street-thugs or hustlers. n. (context slang English) A member of an urban criminal or street gang.
Wikipedia
Gangsta may refer to:
"Gangsta (Love 4 the Streets)," also known as, "Gangsta," is a song by American recording artist Lil' Mo. It was released as the third and final single from Mo's debut album, Based on a True Story (2001). The song was produced and co-written by Darryl "Big Baby" McClary and Michael "Suga Mike" Allen from Mo's production team Flavahood, and features a notable sample of Snoop Dogg's 1994 single, " Gin and Juice."
"Gangsta" is a song performed by American contemporary R&B group Bell Biv DeVoe, issued as a stand-alone single in 1993 via MCA Records. The song peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Gangsta" is a song by American singer and recording artist Kehlani. It serves as the fourth and final single from Suicide Squad: The Album. The song was released on August 1, 2016 by Atlantic Records and was written by Kehlani, Andrew Swanson and JMIKE, the latter two whom also produced the song.
Usage examples of "gangsta".
Why are punks and gangsta poseurs more authentically black than those who carry themselves with dignity and respect?
He stood for a while, looking at the pink floral wallpaper peeping through the patchwork of postersMadonna and Whitney Houston holding their own against a variety of bandsheavy metal, acid house, gangsta rap.
He cocked his wrists and performed a gangsta rap move that looked as if he'd contracted a rhythmic cerebral palsy.
She was wearing earphones, her head bobbing to some gangsta rap junk or other.
Marian had told him once that to get rid of gangsta rap she'd have been willing to be stranded in the Jurassic with a pack of velociraptors in white sheets.
He's got the bandanna tied tight to his skull, he's got the sweatshirt, he's got the black sweatpants, he's got the gold chains, he's got the sleepy eyes and the hand in his crotch, digging away at his nutsack like he's some gangsta rapper—.
Bush also might not have been admitted if he had dropped out of high school and become a Gangsta Rapper.
Original Gangstas had AKs and Uzis and Hummers and a dozen badasses in their posses.
Been a graffiti king, been a soldier in Desert Storm, known gangstas in prison and outside, been shot at…If there was a rule in this crazy world it was that however stupid you thought people were, they were always happy to be stupider.
It was from fires in the oil drums where the homeless men and women and the gangstas burned wood and trash for warmth.
Cage was talking to more gangstas in the vacant lot and Kincaid was ogling some thrift store as if the crown jewels were in the window.
The rain had driven all the neighborhood gangstas inside, so he didn’t have to flash the Glock.
Irish boys and Caribbean girls, smooth Pakistani kids, gangstas in huge coats muttering into mobile phones, DJs with record bags, precocious kids aping the studied nonchalance of the elders .
With their dark complexions and the stocking caps they looked like black gangstas in a bizarre rap video.
When you dealt with gangstas and others who settled business differences with lead instead of lawyers, you had to have good security.