at the end of the day what is 'gangsta' is completely subjective to your intelligence of what an actual 'gangsta' is and what makes one. different on the east coast than it is on the west. different everywhere. from the ghetto to the burbs. it seems in 2013 theres a wide variation of gangsterism and what makes one 'gangsta'. theres no strict definition, is what i mean.
my opinion of 'gangsta' might vary so much differently than your's or another persons opinion of gangsta, that they are completely different people.
so what makes a gangsta? or what makes a thug?
cuz being a 'thug' or a 'gangsta' dosent necessarily take any skill or stripes or intelligence. so mess could very well be a thug ang a gangsta and all of that, but theres a food chain with gangsta shit. someone always bigger and badder and more mentally unstable than you thatll whip out broad daylight in front of 60 people rob you with a gun at your head and then kiss and nibble on your ear and pinch your butt.
now that gangster just did some completely gay shit to you, but he also just did some gangsta shit. i thought 'the wire' (tv show) did a great job of explaining how wide gangsterism can be and how its different, theres just common denominators in all of them.
to some peo[ple a 'gangsta' is someone who legitimately joined a gang, claiming is good enough. active or not. to some, you have to be currently active in your set, adult or not. not just rapping. to some, gangsta is an action. you 'do something gangsta', to some, gangsta is just stupid shit that even squares partake in. young white girls will roll a blunt put a hat on backwards and be like 'yo yo yo im gangsta" :waves hands around: and thats their real understanding of gangsta. to some, gangsta is like 'being a g' following certain protocol or codes that will consider you a "G" i could go on and on.
last i'd like to say, even gangstas get shot, robbed, etc. it happens to the best of them, trust me. what makes a gangsta in that situation is, if they see that same person again, in the same situation...will it go down again? if so, not a gangsta, the guy robbing you is. if not, shit its up to debate but its in your favor.
what im saying is mess could be a 'thug' or a 'gangsta' but in the real world, that dosen't mean a god damn thing if he is or not. not at all. half of the people questioning his credibility aint no gangsters neither.
and theres a whole lot of bitch made gangstas..wannabe's and real gangstas that are completely bitches in their hearts and it takes someone putting that shit on display to let it be known to everyone..ive ran into my share, punked a few and done far worse to others. but what im tryna say is a gangster is a wide definition that really dont have the same meaning as it did in 1991 in south central.
