what exactly is a GANGSTA?
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gang member, outlaw, person who benefits from gang crimes or performs them
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gangsta music is good, if you have a gangsta dance, not boring moves some cheerleaders be doing...
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Because they are rival gangs.
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The Crips, originating in Los Angeles, California, are one of the oldest, largest, most violent and most notorious gangs in the United States. They have been involved in murders, robberies and drug dealing in the Los Angeles area. The Crips are mostly identified by the blue color worn by their members. What was once a single gang is now a loose network of "franchises" around the United States. The gang is primarily composed of African Americans. The gang has an intense rivalry with the Bloods. They are also known to feud with Chicano gangs.\n\nThe Crips were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 by 15 year old Raymond Washington. Washington initially called the gang the Baby Avenues in an attempt to emulate older gangs and activities carried out by the Black Panthers which he was fascinated with. This evolved to Avenue Cribs and then Cribs as nicknames for the age of the members.[1] The name Crips was first introduced in the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper in a description by crime victims of young men with canes, as if they were crippled (though there is some discussion that it may have initially been a simple spelling mistake). The name stuck.
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The free dictionary has a Huge list of possible meanings for GTA:\n\nhttp://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/GTA
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Well originally rapping over old music was a form of street showmanship. It's an integral part of hip/hop for the mc to brag about himself, because ordinarily he/she would be competing in front of people with another mc.  When gangsta rap became popular they took that same formula and started pretending that they actually have some criminal persona.  It is all for show, and really ruins a lot of otherwise good music. Current rap music is all smoothed out and over proccessed into this homogenized featureless sound product, which is why the radio all sounds the same. Go check out a real hip/hop show in your area, like an mc competition, and you might get a chance to hear some real hip hop.
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a gangster basically just some black(or white) gun toting idiot
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Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story\n\nClick below.
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I think gangs condone violence, and further its prevalence in American society, but I'm not sure "support" is the right word.  Maybe.  Anyway, they are a little different than terrorists and need to be dealt with differently.  For starters, they are mostly comprised of younger individuals, usually minors.  These are citizens that can ideally be changed for the better before they are adult members of society.  And a lot of gangs want good things, they just go about it the wrong way. \nI am not saying no gangs are violent or that no gang member should be punished, I just don't quite agree with your statements.
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Well i dont hate anyone, but here in new zealand we have kids acting like american gangstas. In some ways its just plain funny and you know they grow out of it. I think its a shame that many 'gangsters' or wannabes have to be so negative.
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I have no idea, really. Maybe they think it's what makes them "Gangsta". Or maybe the bitches and hoes are just members of that sex not deserving any respect. Frankly, I have no idea, let's just leave them to it.
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Do you mean "gangsta?" Sorry, I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist.
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all these people that answered you are all $@#! @#$ we join gangs because were born into it family members already into the crime family  it's like how some people have certain rictuals they do it's something they grew up with it's tha same thing as gangs it's something we grow up in there's lots of reasons and all these answers these people some how know but yet never expierienced the real thing tell you wouldn't know the real facts ..........BLOODS for life hommie you wan't more info from a thugs perspective linxs me up
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Adore your questions!\nActually the rite consists of dressing in drag (wearing the gang colors only...!)and entering rival gang territory during the midnight hour. If the novice gang member survives\nthe entire evening of sadistic, hedonistic, and homosexual\nrival gang member escapades, then he is considered "tough"\nenough to become a true gang member. His pair of High Heels\nwill be displayed and eventually enshrined with other initiates who have survived this most savage of doctrines.\nAlso, a life-time supply of Depends undergarments will be\nguaranteed to those who sucessfully complete the hazing.
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NO BUDDY  these amricans are just hoax and humours they know nothing about being real gangster or mafia...till 1999 ppl thought the only dangerous ppl are italian mafias or russian because they are always portrayed in movies and big books written on them ...And then entered the terrorist the Taliban from afghan thats when they realised what terrorism is and real killing is and big international crime is..American ganster or so called gangsta are nothing but poser jus singing song selling drugs in the club..Is a great deal for them ..I think ur from India and in India if its mafia means real big man where the interpol is lookin for the person . And u can never make out an hardcore gangster in the midst of people walking in bombay cause they dont show off what they are ..because in India the police first hit and then talk or if he's being too naughty then he's encountered..These are nothing compared to the asian gangster only they are not popular in western countries...and always underground.its called the MUMBAI UNDERWORLD....which even controls   the bollywood and finances of major countries of the world...so the gangsta ur talkin bout is not gangsta they are called cheap posers,who invite trouble on themselves....
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I found this on the net, hope its correct.\nContra-Culture:       A social group that has developed values and modes of behavior that are in conflict with the prevailing culture. (Juvenile gangs, female gangstas, Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings).
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In a one-on-one confrontation, your typical gang-banger fights like a girl. Observe any member of the so-called "bad" gang, MS-13. What a bunch of scrawny wimps! :-D