1.   But in many others, sometimes on the same albums, he portrayed the gangster life as a desperate, self-destructive existence of fear and sudden death.

2.   Corporan offers a gripping description of his indoctrination into gangster life.

3.   They rapped about a gangster street life of gun toting, drug dealing, easy women and endless battles for dominance.

4.   As a youth in Northern California, Lee had followed the gangster life before becoming an actor and eventually moving to Los Angeles, Hale said.