Quote by Kool G Rap

“The war on drugs is what makes thugs.”

— John H. McWhorter

There's a certain type of person drawn to the gangster world, and they're generally young men who were predisposed to violence and risk-taking, who…

— Terence Winter

Slangin' that cocaine fool, and I'm working late tonight and all them fiends be lovin' them thugs. 'Cause I got them rocks for them…

— Layzie Bone

“I'm here to tell niggas it ain't all swell. There's Heaven then there's Hell niggas One day your cruisin' in your seven, Next day…

— Jay-Z

We're ending the situation where any old thug can turn up and work as a bailiff.

— Chris Grayling

The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go into the…

— Noam Chomsky

My hood was full of thugs, money, guns and dope, Findin my stomach full of liquor, my lungs full of smoke. I had a…

— Z-Ro

The most gangster shit in the world is to know what's going on.

— Immortal Technique

Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack. And a white man get paid off of all of that.

— Kanye West

Fed investigation say a nigga sold 2 bricks Police allegations say I whooped em with a pool stick Red wearin make-up, yea I had…

— Gucci Mane

They give us guns and drugs then wonder why the fuck were thugs.

— Ice Cube

The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

— Orson Welles