What is your defanition of a gangsta?

Id wouldent say Five O (50cent) was gangsta back in the day, But a wise street Hustler. He was running major crack deals, running a whole strip in jamica queens, driving mercs at early age, having lots of money etc..

What is your defanition of a gangsta?
Real gangsta's are the likes of bugsy sigal, al copone, pablo escobar.

Would people also say BMF (BLACK MAFIA FAMILY) are gangsta? Black Mafia Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia