Whats the Difference between a Gangster and a Hustler?

[Counter Racist Male]

I'd like to here from the first before I say how I understand it.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

HUSTLERS CHASE MONEY AGGRESSIVELY. GANGSTERS ARE JUST IN THE STREETS. YOU CAN BE EITHER OR BOTH.

 

[Address_Unknown]

A hustler makes moves and gets money without having to be a "Gangster". He has a "Hustle" which he tends to and utilizes instead of doing shyt that would make him a gangster, such as having to go strong arm somebody for it or having to defend himself constantly from others like him, who want what he got if he knows how to avoid predators.

A gangster, by and large is an unapologetic entity that fights and defends his property while fueling his enterprise (Or someone else's in most case) through similar strong arm tactics and warrior like persona.

The two can be intertwined 'cause some hustlers turn into gangsters when they got to protect they hustle and some Gangsters turn into hustlers when they see something they can exploit with minimal friction while still collecting bank.

I consider myself a bit of a hustler, since I got extra income from doing/selling shyt (Heavy Machine/Foklift work, Drunk Taxi/Water Taxi, Wholesale Herb sales etc..) on the sly, but never felt the need to flex or make myself look bigger than I am. Keep it quiet, keep it moving.

 

[Knowledge]

Hustler are about money first
Gangsters are about earning stripes first

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Finesse vs violence.

I can respect people who use wit over brute force

You can be both too. But these days people commit fraud crime for money then act like gangsters for clout.

 

[Complexion]

One shoots. The other scores.

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

Hustlers do it for the money, gangsters do it for respect

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

Gangsters are typically involved in illegal activities. You don’t have to be involved in illegal activities to be a hustler.

 

[blockburna420]

They one in the same, gangsters just get the connotation of violence

 

[Counter Racist Male]

Hustler are about money first
Gangsters are about earning stripes first

I've always understood that hustler was like a Swiss army when it come to making money especially by illicit means. He's like a gangster without a gang.

A gangster usually has higher ups or underlings and much ready to use violence as his main tactic. A gangster may extort a hustler but not the other way around.


A Player is like hustler or gangster at the very top of this game and in the legit world and the underworld.


This is how I have understood these terms.

 

[Counter Racist Male]

Gangsters are typically involved in illegal activities. You don’t have to be involved in illegal activities to be a hustler.

Hustling usually connected with something illegal. Maybe not in the modern sense but traditionally.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

HUSTLERS CHASE MONEY AGGRESSIVELY. GANGSTERS ARE JUST IN THE STREETS. YOU CAN BE EITHER OR BOTH.

This says it all pretty succinctly.


To put some examples to it:
The guy who comes in the barbershop selling bootlegged goods is a hustler, but typically not a gangster. A hallmark of a hustler is that they’re always looking for new ways to make money. So entrepreneurs tend to be hustlers, or have that hustle mentality.

A goon is a gangster but not necessarily a hustler. Sure he may make money as hired muscle either for protection or as an enforcer, but he’s basically an employee, so not a hustler.

And then your drug/crime org leaders tend to be both. They’re always looking for new ways to expand their business, be acquiring more territory, finding new products to sell, or even new services (word to the “protection” racket), making them hustlers. They typically have no qualms about using violence to facilitate their expansion (whether they personally do it or hire others to do it on their behalf), which makes them gangsters as well.

 

[Counter Racist Male]

One shoots. The other scores.

A drug dealer really good a selling drugs = hustler

The guy that extorts all the drug dealers in his area for 25% of the top = Gangster

 

[TEH]

I'd like to here from the first before I say how I understand it.

 

[Counter Racist Male]

This says it all pretty succinctly.


To put some examples to it:
The guy who comes in the barbershop selling bootlegged goods is a hustler, but typically not a gangster. A hallmark of a hustler is that they’re always looking for new ways to make money. So entrepreneurs tend to be hustlers, or have that hustle mentality.

A goon is a gangster but not necessarily a hustler. Sure he may make money as hired muscle either for protection or as an enforcer, but he’s basically an employee, so not a hustler.

And then your drug/crime org leaders tend to be both. They’re always looking for new ways to expand their business, be acquiring more territory, finding new products to sell, or even new services (word to the “protection” racket), making them hustlers. They typically have no qualms about using violence to facilitate their expansion (whether they personally do it or hire others to do it on their behalf), which makes them gangsters as well.

Wouldn't a goon good just be a thug though?


A dude selling bootleg movies and socks isn't hustler.