North American euphemism for a member of the urban criminal class. This unusual occupation is usually mentioned in conjunction with the subject either being
slain or being taken into
custody for a violent or property-related crime. A relative of the subject usually points out that the subjects demise or
incarceration comes at an extremely inopportune moment, ocurring just as they subject was "turning they(sic) life around."
Special K
Icey Eight had a checkered past, but his mother insisted he was a "good boy" who was just turning his life around, when the
aspiring rapper was
gunned down by a homeowner after breaking into the house via the kitchen window.