Gangsta Lean

Gangsta Lean

"Gangsta lean" is an African American urban slang phrase denoting a style of automobile driving in which the driver sits slung low and tilted toward the passenger seat. Those performing this style of driving are usually attempting to give off an illusion of "coolness" or trying to appear "tough" to fellow drivers or passerbys. The phrase first appeared in popular music in William De Vaughn's 1972 song "Be Thankful for What You Got," which includes the lyric "diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean."

The lyric "diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean" reappears in the 1988 N.W.A. song "Gangsta Gangsta."

Adina Howard's song Freak Like Me also features a reference to the gansta lean in the chorus: "...and I will take you around the 'hood on a gangsta lean..."

"Gangsta Lean" is the title of an R&B song recorded by the group DRS. It spent six weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart. The song also spent three weeks at number one in New Zealand, and also reached number four on the US Pop chart.


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