Gangsta was a awesome story. I always thought Street Dreams was K'wan's first book until I found out about Gangsta. This story kept me locked from beginning to end. There was a few errors with the editing but it was nothing that bothered me. I'm reading the sequel Gutter next. Can't believe it took me so long to get to these books.

Gangsta rap, form of hip-hop music that became the genre’s dominant style in the s, a reflection and product of the often violent lifestyle of American inner cities afflicted with poverty and the dangers of drug use and drug dealing. The romanticization of the outlaw at the centre of much of.