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- noun Plural form of
gangsterism .
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Examples
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In 2008, when B.o. B. released "Cloud 9," his first mix tape, he was mostly spouting stoner anthems and run-of-the-mill gangsterisms.
Rapper and Singer B.o.B. performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion 2010
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In his latest Internet leak Kanye conflates traditional Christmas imagery with plenty of gangsterisms, but it's sure to put you in the holiday spirit.
LISTEN: Hear Kanye's New Christmas Song! Theo Spielberg 2010
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A decade of dominating the pop charts let mainstream hip-hop get lazy, content to recycle stale gangsterisms and the sounds of a handful of big-name producers.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Why him: Though it's popular in Europe, African hip-hop has not yet found its footing in America beyond the elegant gangsterisms of the Senegalese-born, New Jersey-based singer
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In talking to some of the people I met on that trip (as well as subsequent trips to Hong Kong and Tokyo), the two things that people always knew about Chicago were the basketball stylings of Michael Jordan (this was the late '80s and early' 90s, after all) and the gangsterisms of Al Capone.
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 2009
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