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Popularised by American rapper Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) in 1993.

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thug life (countable and uncountable, plural thug lives)

  1. (often ironic) A life in which one has to go through many struggles, like that of poor gangstas. I didn’t choose the thug life. It chose me.
    • 1996 September 22, Wayne Johnson, “Thug Life – Why This Raised So Much Hell”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):Too many young Black men have adopted this thug life pose.
    • 2005, Black Dot, Hip Hop Decoded: From Its Ancient Origin to Its Modern Day Matrix, page 165:For all of these rappers claiming to live the thug life, there's really no difference.
    • 2011, Michael Jeffries, Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop, page 107:Whether death refers to biological death or serves as a metaphor for oppression and marginalization (social death), the potential for collective reconciliation with death is linked to his identity as a nigga living thug life.
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