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Dr. Dre is the person most responsible for creating gangsta rap. Gangsta rap started on the West Coast in the mid 1980s, specifically in Los Angeles, and was inspired by the rough life of street gangs. It has been a major genre of music in the US ever since. Dr. Dre created new terms in the English language from this music genre. "Gangsta" is slang for gangster or member of a gang; "G-Funk" (or "Gangsta-Funk") is a sub-genre of gangsta rap that originated in the 1990s that includes explicit lyrics, synthesizers and samples from 1970s funk; "chronic" is a slang term for high grade marijuana; and "word to" is a greeting or compliment.