gangsta rap
noun
a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
gangsta rapper
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a word derived from
gangsta rap.
Example Sentences
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The film stars Cannon as a former gangsta rapper seeking redemption as he returns from rehab to help out his father’s struggling church.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
Now he sounded like the reckless gangsta rapper his critics had long accused him of being.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2020
Ice-T was one of the newcomers on the scene — he took his name as an homage to Slim and created a lucrative career as a pioneering gangsta rapper.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2015
Korine's "beach noir", as he calls it, involves four girls fleeing to Florida for a spring break blowout, before meeting Alien, a white, cornrowed, teeth-grilled gangsta rapper who takes them under his unscrupulous wing.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2013
I put a picture of him as a choir-boy next to a Photoshopped shot of him as a saggy-trousered gangsta rapper - the innocent child mutating into a growling ball of rebellious fury.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2012
