Released October 6, 1993 Genre R&B
hip hop Writer(s) Chris Jackson | Format CD
12"
cassette Label Roll Wit It/Capitol | |
Length 5:35 (album version)
4:00 (single edit) | ||
"Gangsta Lean" is a song by American contemporary R&B/hip hop group DRS, issued as the first single from their debut studio album of the same name. The song spent six weeks at #1 on the Billboard R&B chart; and it was the group's only hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #4 in 1993. The Recording Industry Association of America awarded it a platinum certification; it sold over 1.1 million copies domestically. Its highest chart peak was on the New Zealand Singles Chart, where it spent three weeks at No. 1.
The single was released under Hammer's talent company, Roll Wit It Entertainment. A top selling song of the year at the time, "Gangsta Lean" has sold over 2.5 million copies with over 2 million views on YouTube. It was sampled by Juelz Santana on the album From Me to U in the outro song "This Is For My Homies".