Few know, but the term Thug Life is not modern, has been minted since the 2014s. However, since XNUMX it is becoming popular like foam. It began to be used in the United States as a humorous term indicating a peculiar situation of unhappiness.
But there is a lot of mysticism and legend behind this little phrase, that's why, in Actualidad Gadget We want to explain everything about this term, the intrahistory, how it was coined, and of course, the "thug life" could not be missing in our article, so that you can at least have a laugh with the content. Do you want to know the term "thug life" better? Come in and we'll tell you.
We are going to take a tour about everything that surrounds «thug life», from its beginnings, through the strict meaning of the word according to the English dictionary. It is important, not only that we know its use, but why. The same happens in Spain with the term "bizarro", since the Anglo-Saxon term "bizarro" has nothing to do with the Spanish term, despite the fact that we insist on using it that way. Take a walk through the history of the «thug life» with us.
Strict meaning of the word "thug"
The word "thug", in the English dictionary, represents a violent person, criminal, or a bully, which could be assimilated to a gangster. This determination of the gangster as "thug" will make much more sense a little later, and will eventually clarify the intrahistory of the "thug life." We could go to the strict meaning of "thug life" under the dictionary, we would interpret it as a violent or aggressive person. However, the meaning of the phrase has been underestimated over time, to be satirized and interpreted as "gangster life." To make sense in Spanish, we could interpret it as «the hard life of the criminal«, Although this is the meaning that I myself want to give it, and each one, must interpret it with the set of words that he wishes, provided that the intention of it is not distorted. In short, the strict sense of the word has been adopted in a humorous tone for those who want to perform a "hard" or malicious action, and ends up being ridiculed for it.
The origin of the expression "thug life"
We are in the United States of the nineties, "gangster" rap was the order of the day, it had become popular like foam and the NWA had already kicked off this musical genre. It was the fashion of the streets, from the suburbs of Compton to the wealthiest schools in New York, everyone was aware of gangster rap and there was no news report without information about it. It could not be other than Tupac Shakur, who gave new meaning to this term. Until then "Thug life" had a dark connotation, generated rejection and was designed solely to identify scoundrels.
However, Tupac decided to turn the tables, he recreated a series of songs with a group, also called "Thug Life", with this theme, with the intention of generating that same hatred and rejection, but in a humorous tone. Like everything Tupac played, it went gold. Soon the community of the genre began to use the same term to represent exactly what Tupac wanted, changing the apparent meaning of the expression, and therefore shaping the strict sense of the language, metaphorizing the term.
Perhaps, Tupac wanted to satirize the term for a reason, he himself was known, in addition to as a rapper, as a criminal, although the reality was quite different, Tupac knew the streets, but it was not exactly what can be said a gangster. So he wanted to make "thug life" mean something like the "hard life" that many have to endure to be successful. The same "hard life" that Tupac had to endure until he was crowned the best rapper in the history of the United States. Therefore, this phrase cannot be focused on people who were born and lived in good circumstances. However, in reality, Tupac explained, "thug life" is the acronym for «The Hate You Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone«.
The code "THUGLIFE"
With everything and with it, Tupac wanted to make it clear that it does not make sense to call those who live in America's slums criminals in a general way. (like him), even those who end up leading a gangster life, because really, they are people who are forced to do so by society. People who end up fighting for their lives and their future, day after day, risking going to jail, or even dying.
Ultimately, back in 1992, Tupac created a "code" designed to end the problems of violence between gangs and drug trafficking in marginal areas of the United States. Tupac knew how to penetrate deep into those areas where he, indirectly, was the authority. The code "thug life" was signed by leaders of the Bloods and Crips, among others. It was from there that the rap group known as "Thug Life" emerged in 1994, which Tupac himself would champion. The code has remained in force since then, composed of 26 articles explaining how to carry out good practices in the gangs, in short, a series of honor and basic rules with which to create a little order in that nonsense of the North American gangs of the 90s.
The current meaning of the word Thug Life
In 2014, we found a particular video, the one baptized as the first video of this chain of vitals related to the term Thug Life. In this video, a young American is being recorded while carrying a foam rubber bullet gun. The young man performs several shooting tests and is questioned about the name of the gun, to which he responds "I do not know what it is called. Maybe it's called "Fuck you"It is at that very moment when the metaphorical «thug life» occurs.
The song that plays next is "Nuthin´ But a G Thang" by Dr.Dre, one of the members of NWA, the most representative gangster rap band of the late eighties and early nineties.
This video caused a reaction in the gross network, on Reddit, one of the most popular English-speaking forums, numerous threads were created, the most famous one called Unexpected Thug Life, in which hundreds of people contributed many videos with the same theme. In fact, the term and popularization have advanced so much that there are not a few mobile applications today that we find in the App Store or the Google Play Store, in which “thug life” videos are edited in a matter of seconds.
Compilation of some «Thug Life»
I'm going to leave you some Thug Life or compilations, First of all, I'm going to put one of my favorites, that of a young man who in class wants to score a ball of paper in the purest Michael Jordan style, but the teacher knows how to block like nobody, knowing that they are recording on video, it causes a "Thug life" to his young pupil of stratospheric dimensions. A pity that this edition does not have the final music so characteristic.
https://youtu.be/GuUBxMCVFD4
And here is a very fun compilation for you to have a good time. I hope you liked this article, and if you have data or "thug life" to contribute, we are open to updates, take advantage of the comment box.
https://youtu.be/uLWm__yVyQI
Let's not forget that Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an apparent settling of accounts, it is said that he was linked to the Las Vegas mob.