"hustla" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 March 14, Cassidy, Jay-Z (songwriters), “I’m a Hustla”, in I’m a Hustla, performed by Cassidy",
          "text": "If you a hustla then do that dance",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 20, Beyoncé, Shondrae Crawford, Sean Garrett (songwriters), “Diva”, in I Am... Sasha Fierce, performed by Beyoncé",
          "text": "Diva is a female version of a hustla, of a hustla, of a, of a hustla",
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        },
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          "ref": "2013, Jamie J. Fader, “Masculine Identity and Social Support”, in Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth, New Brunswick, N.J., London: Rutgers University Press, page 182",
          "text": "James was still a “hustla” because his survival was still a daily struggle, and he was committed to using every legally acceptable resource available to him to make it.",
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          "ref": "2013, Sergey Ivanov, “Hip-Hop in Russia: How the Cultural Form Emerged in Russia and Established a New Philosophy”, in Sina A. Nitzsche, Walter Grünzweig, editors, Hip-Hop in Europe (Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies; volume 13), LIT Verlag, side A (Telling Their Stories: Hip-Hop Histories across Europe), page 94",
          "text": "Therefore ‘easy money making,’ fake ‘gangstas,’ and ‘hustlas’ are often taken to be necessary hip-hop attributes.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, James A. Levine, Bingo’s Run, New York, N.Y.: Spiegel & Grau, page 170",
          "text": "You just a hustla who sell rubbish for a million dollar.",
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          "ref": "2021 November 20, Bob Mehr, “Memphis rapper Yo Gotti doubles down with new set”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume 180, number 323, page 6A",
          "text": "In an accompanying post [Yo] Gotti, noted that “Free Game” “was made for a purpose … it’s to give u messages & tell u da experience of a young hustla dat come from da hood but ended up in a position no one expected him to be in, him being me. From cutting 2dollars off a dime bag of weed from touching 6 figures at 16. I’m from North Memphis, Ridgecrest Apts. Dam a lot done changed.”",
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        "(hip-hop slang) Pronunciation spelling of hustler."
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        "dancing",
        "hip-hop",
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  "word": "hustla"
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        {
          "ref": "2005 March 14, Cassidy, Jay-Z (songwriters), “I’m a Hustla”, in I’m a Hustla, performed by Cassidy",
          "text": "If you a hustla then do that dance",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 20, Beyoncé, Shondrae Crawford, Sean Garrett (songwriters), “Diva”, in I Am... Sasha Fierce, performed by Beyoncé",
          "text": "Diva is a female version of a hustla, of a hustla, of a, of a hustla",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jamie J. Fader, “Masculine Identity and Social Support”, in Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth, New Brunswick, N.J., London: Rutgers University Press, page 182",
          "text": "James was still a “hustla” because his survival was still a daily struggle, and he was committed to using every legally acceptable resource available to him to make it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Sergey Ivanov, “Hip-Hop in Russia: How the Cultural Form Emerged in Russia and Established a New Philosophy”, in Sina A. Nitzsche, Walter Grünzweig, editors, Hip-Hop in Europe (Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies; volume 13), LIT Verlag, side A (Telling Their Stories: Hip-Hop Histories across Europe), page 94",
          "text": "Therefore ‘easy money making,’ fake ‘gangstas,’ and ‘hustlas’ are often taken to be necessary hip-hop attributes.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2014, James A. Levine, Bingo’s Run, New York, N.Y.: Spiegel & Grau, page 170",
          "text": "You just a hustla who sell rubbish for a million dollar.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2021 November 20, Bob Mehr, “Memphis rapper Yo Gotti doubles down with new set”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume 180, number 323, page 6A",
          "text": "In an accompanying post [Yo] Gotti, noted that “Free Game” “was made for a purpose … it’s to give u messages & tell u da experience of a young hustla dat come from da hood but ended up in a position no one expected him to be in, him being me. From cutting 2dollars off a dime bag of weed from touching 6 figures at 16. I’m from North Memphis, Ridgecrest Apts. Dam a lot done changed.”",
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        "(hip-hop slang) Pronunciation spelling of hustler."
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