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{{Infobox song
| name           = Gangsta
| cover          = Bell Biv Devoe - Gangsta single cover.jpg
| alt            =
| type           = single
| artist         = [[Bell Biv DeVoe]]
| album          =
| released       = {{start date|1992}}<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1992-11-13/|title=Billboard Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>
| recorded       = {{start date|1991}}<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bell-Biv-Devoe-Gangsta/master/150731|title=Bell Biv Devoe - Gangsta at Discogs|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|accessdate=May 13, 2015|archive-date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127043003/http://www.discogs.com/Bell-Biv-Devoe-Gangsta/master/150731|url-status=live}}</ref>
| studio         =
| venue          =
| genre          = {{flatlist|
* [[New jack swing]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
| length         = {{duration|m=4|s=29}}
| label          = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| writer         = {{flatlist|
* [[Dr. Freeze|Elliot Straite]]
* James McCants<ref name="allmusic2">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/gangsta-mt0004980514|title=Gangsta - Bell Biv DeVoe {{!}} Listen, Appearances, Song Review {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=May 13, 2015|archive-date=April 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423201908/http://www.allmusic.com/song/gangsta-mt0004980514|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| producer       = {{flatlist|
* Dr. Freeze
* Ross "Spyderman" Sloane<ref name="discogs2">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bell-Biv-Devoe-Gangsta/release/1290154|title=Bell Biv Devoe - Gangsta (Vinyl) at Discogs|work=Discogs|publisher=Zink Media|accessdate=May 13, 2015|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310204945/https://www.discogs.com/Bell-Biv-Devoe-Gangsta/release/1290154|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| prev_title     = [[The Best Things in Life Are Free]]
| prev_year      = 1992
| next_title     = [[Above the Rim (song)|Above the Rim]]
| next_year      = 1993
| misc           = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6df5shLKqM8|"Gangsta"}}}}
}}
'''"Gangsta"''' is a song performed by American [[contemporary R&B]] group [[Bell Biv DeVoe]], issued as a stand-alone [[single (music)|single]] in 1993 via [[MCA Records]]. The song peaked at #21 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="allmusic3">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bell-biv-devoe-mn0000127063/awards|title=Bell Biv DeVoe {{!}} Awards {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=May 13, 2015|archive-date=May 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519191514/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bell-biv-devoe-mn0000127063/awards|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was also featured on ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' during the group's guest appearance in the Season 2 episode "The Butler Did It".
==Music video==
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The official [[music video]] for the song was directed by [[Lionel C. Martin]].<ref name="vh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/bell-biv-devoe/739261/gangsta.jhtml|title="Gangsta" by Bell Biv Devoe {{!}} Music Video {{!}} VH1.com|work=[[VH1]]|publisher=[[Viacom International]]|date=August 8, 2006|accessdate=May 13, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224431/http://www.vh1.com/video/bell-biv-devoe/739261/gangsta.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Chart positions==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1993)<ref name="allmusic3"/>
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|17|artist=Bell Biv DeVoe|song=Gangsta|access-date=May 24, 2022|refname="aus"}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Bell Biv DeVoe|song=Gangsta|access-date=May 24, 2022}}
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align=center|21
|-
|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
|align=center|22
|-
|US [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Top 40]] (''Billboard'')
|align=center|13
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Allmusic|song|id=mt0004980514|label="Gangsta"}}
* {{Discogs master|type=single|150731|Gangsta}}
{{Bell Biv DeVoe}}
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[[Category:1991 songs]]
[[Category:1993 singles]]
[[Category:Bell Biv DeVoe songs]]
[[Category:MCA Records singles]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Lionel C. Martin]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Dr. Freeze]]
[[Category:Songs written by Dr. Freeze]]
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