Etymology

thug life

Today it means: A life in which one has to go through many struggles, like that of poor gangstas. Full definition →

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.