gangsta
Speech parts
1. gangsta - Noun
2. gangsta - Adjective
Meaning
(Black English) a member of a youth gang
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As a result of criticism about gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded with many of the original songs being cut.
As an album regarded by many as the start of the gangsta rap movement, Criminal Minded played an important role in reaffirming the social acceptance of having Jamaican roots.
As short-lived as the talented group had been, though, they did release a wealth of blueprint West Coast gangsta rap during their three-album span, each album -- It's a Compton Thang (1992) -- offering a few standout singles.
Black American gangsta rap, however, is not the only type of rap that has developed in Germany.
His lyrics reflected urban realism, violence, and sexual bravado, making Schoolly D an early gangsta rapper.
However, in the 2010s a new form of gangsta rap known as drill emerged from the Midwest.