gangbanger

Example Sentences

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Johnson was never a gangbanger; he was one of those unsupervised boys who was “just around,” spending his time on the corner of Bassett and Dixwell, the center of his world.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

"I thought I'd made it, easy breezy, and my career was about to take flight," adds Chad L. Coleman, who played reformed gangbanger Dennis "Cutty" Wise.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2018

Mr. Lamar is working to purify hip-hop, a genre he hopes to ground in his true experiences of growing up poor, the son of a former gangbanger.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2015

He comes across as the kid-next-door who loves his mom more than a hustler or gangbanger, and the sparse, soul-dipped production underlines his cleverness and off-the-cuff charm.

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 13, 2012

Equal parts gangbanger and flowery, sequin-covered grande dame, the new Givenchy man was as strangely ravishing as the tropical bird of paradise flowers that dressed up his military drab.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2011