Pankaj Tripathi

I prefer comedy, as I have to act while playing a gangster. I have to put in a lot of effort to turn into a gangster, as I am not like that in real life. In comedy, one doesn't have to take up such stress.

Indian Actor

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

No matter where I'm at in life, whether I'm in the music industry, rich, poor, everybody need love in their life. Gangsta or not, everybody need love in their life. You can't act too hard about that.

American Musician

Freddie Gibbs

I wanted to be a gangsta from birth, not because of the music but moreso what I was seeing, what my uncles were doing. I was just fascinated with the street lifestyle from a young age.

Coolio

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.

Lee Seung-gi

In 'Vagabond,' I'm acting like a gangster; it's very tough. I have to use my body for action scenes, and there is nothing gentlemanly about this character at all.

South Korean Musician

Gennady Golovkin

If you want street fight, let's go. If you want boxing, I show you. But people think I am, like, gangster. No. Ring is different world. Very dangerous.

Kazakhstani Athlete

Terence Winter

I'm not really gangsta. Not at all. I just write about them. It's fun to pretend, at least on paper. But in real life, not so much.

American Writer

Frank Vincent

I knew so many gangsters, and I call on that experience with them for characters.

American Actor

Jerry Heller

Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll.

American Businessman

Daniel Espinosa

When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.

Swedish Director

Gangster often implies involvement in organized crime, not just petty theft or solo activities.

Criminal Association

The term is viewed negatively and suggests immoral or illegal activities.

Negative Connotation

Gangster can bring to mind historical figures like Al Capone, notorious in the 1920s.

Historical Context

This definition emphasizes the youth and ambition of the criminal, not just any criminal.

Youthful Implication

Aspiring gangsters are often depicted as seeking power and respect through crime.

Path to Power

Gangster can be used metaphorically for someone very successful or dominant in their field.

Metaphorical Use

Used to describe someone using aggressive or cutthroat tactics in business, not crime.

Aggressive Tactics

When used in business, it doesn't imply illegal activity but rather a ruthless strategy.

No Legal Implication

 I have spent so much time defending myself against attempts to demonize me and make me apologize for who I am, trying to portray me as something that I'm not, some kind of thug or gangster, a menace to society. Unexpected compassion. Wow. Now, listen,

A Black man goes...

 I stayed in this school where all the young best athletes live and I learned table tennis and then from that was the changing point in my life that's what took me out of the whole gangster thing if it wasn't for this sport and that guy

United by Ping Pong,...

 involvement in criminal or corrupt activities was entirely necessary if you wanted to survive as an accomplished computer user what Dmitri did was to transfer the gangster capitalism of his hometown on to the World Wide Web and he

Hire the hackers! -...

 and he's smart and he's funny and he's really articulate and he's also a former gangster former drug addict and prison inmates I'd like to share with you the story that in DotA told a couple of months ago in DotA was raised by his

Violence is a failure of...

 magazine asked me why is it that when we send you to go to a story about gangsters you didn't bring back gangsters and i would say because i didn't see any gangster i said i saw father's brothers nephews you know sons cousins

Reframing Black History...

 was to transfer the gangster capitalism of his hometown onto the Worldwide Web. And he did a great job in it. You have to understand though that from his ninth birthday, the only environment he knew was gangsterism.

Misha Glenny: Hire the...

 examining this global criminal underworld by talking to policemen, by talking to victims, by talking to consumers of illicit goods and services. But above all else, by talking to the gangsters themselves.

Misha Glenny investigates...

 a bubble off a crispy critter but back was a very astute streetwise gangster he was no pushover when he hadn't one of his guys to go out and kill he would one of his guy while and killed

The Genovese Family PIPE...

 I was literally going to either die or get killed in the process. But when we dug deeper, we didn't find corruption in the classic slimy gangsters lurking in the darkness,

A few ways to fix a...

 No sports meant no respect. No respect equaled no power. Power was vital to feed my illness. It was at that point the decision to transition from athlete to gangster