gangsta lean

plural gangsta leans · alternative gangster lean

1. slangAfrican-American VernacularautomotiveA driving position in which the driver holds the wheel with the hand nearest the window while leaning toward the passenger seat or sitting in a very reclined position.

   Diamond in the back, sunroof top / Diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean

   1974, “Be Thankful for What You Got”, in Be Thankful for What You Got, performed by William DeVaughn

   2 more examples

   He projects a slide of a young driver doing a “gangster lean,” slouched in the seat.

   2010, Andrew Holtz, The Real Grey's Anatomy, Penguin, →ISBN

   This time she's walking with the gangsta lean, she's monochrome in her Yeezy gray sports bra and leggings, she's flanked by admiring sisters as she approaches the camera and, looming above the lens, challenges: “Who the fuck do you think I is? You ain't married to no average bitch boy.”

   2018, Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley, Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 25