Talk:thug life

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thug life

Isn't this just a hip-hop anthem or something? SemperBlotto (talk) 20:05, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

It features in Tupac Shakur's song "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (2003), but I don't know if he was the originator of the term. According to this source, it "became (and still remains) for many disenfranchised youths a celebrated banner of the 'ghetto soldier's' conviction to live without fear of death as well as a defiant mark of their disregard for all authority". See also [1] and [2]. I have the impression that it is often used in the sense of "a bold and ostentatious lifestyle" rather than merely "a gangster's lifestyle". Smuconlaw (talk) 21:29, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

These days it's mostly known for being a meme. Check out some funny "thug life" videos. I'd define this as a phrase, involving rebellion. People use the phrase "thug life" to mean "I'm a real rebel", albeit heavily ironic. --Ce mot-ci (talk) 16:04, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

• Cited and definition fixed. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 04:54, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

RFV passed. Equinox ◑ 23:04, 30 April 2016 (UTC)