Kanye West makes no claims about being a gangster. In fact, when his music first became popular, it ushered in an era of non-gangster "backpack" rap, at a time when "I've been shot 6 times" 50 Cent was on top of the charts.
Thank you for pointing this out, I often see rappers and particularly kanye being degraded by people who no little about the history of rap.( Not bashing your parent by the way. I mean in general.)