Bun B Keeps It Gangsta
[Photo © Rizoh]
I had an opportunity to interview Bun B for ENVY magazine the other day. I asked him about cynics who may or may not judge his song “That’s Gangsta” by its title.
He had an interesting response to that:
“People still judge books by the cover. And to read a song title saying “That’s Gangsta,” the most obvious connotation will be that I’m talking about shooting people or hurting people. But if you listen to the record, you’ll see that what I’m talking about is that walking around feeling like you gotta beat people up and shoot people up is not gangsta. That ain’t what being gangsta is.
Standing up for what you believe in, standing up for people that can’t stand up for themselves and being true to yourself and not what people want you to be — that’s gangsta.”
What about you? What was your initial reaction when you read the song title?
Bun B feat. Sean Kingston – “That’s Gangsta”
