remember, conformaty is the death of the soul. That means, for all ignorent people (for some reason are all over NS) copying other people images is the loss of originality.I think the reason everyone thinks they are "gangsta" is because they see Tanner Hall talking about his so called "blackness".
Gangster originated for the mafia. The mob was considered as a gang that commits murder, theft and spreads fear. They dressed in expensive suits and ties.
Later, the connotation when to racial gangs. Blacks started the mouvement to protest against the whites. Diffrences between gangs rose and their violence were against each other.Hate formed because of drugs, accidental murder and (rarely) religion.Rap began to be the music prefered by black gangs. Baggy pants were used to store weapons, drug and stolen items.Rap slowly became the music of choice of gangs.Gangs and gangsters were poor!
Now a new wave of posers introducted themselves as rappers and gangsters.They had the girls, the money and the looks. That is were rap changed into today's one track mind music.The language adopted by the posers is "black slang".It was a other way to rebel against society.White kids then started to see themslves as rappers for the music and quickly adpoted the lifestyle.
Tanner follows the new lifestyle. Like he is one of the most influent skiers out there, he imposed rap on skiing, which other poeple reinforced the style.
As you can see nobody in skiing is a gangster.
Some of my info may be wrong...