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gangster rap

gangster rap is the alternative form of gangsta rap.

Meaning of gangsta rap

Noun

gangsta rap (countable and uncountable, plural gangsta raps)

  1. A subgenre of hip-hop music associated with urban street gangs and characterized by a focus on lyrics about crime, urban life, and materialistic excess.
  2. An individual track performed in this style.

Forms of gangster rap

pluralgangster raps

Questions about gangster rap

What is gangster rap the alternative form of?
Gangster rap is the alternative form of gangsta rap.

Words near gangster rap in the dictionary

  1. gangstalks
  2. gangstas
  3. gangster
  4. gangster lean
  5. gangster leans
  6. gangster rap
  7. gangster raps
  8. gangster ride
  9. gangster rides
  10. gangsterdom
  11. gangsterdoms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gangster rap (page history and authors); gangsta rap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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