Who'd a thunk it? Gangsta Rappers and the GOP. :-)
Maybe it was some sort of miscommunication - mixing up O.G. (original gangsta) with GOP
This isn't surprising at all. It has to do with money. Many of these guys went from poverty to wealth and realized that under the democrats, they'd forfeit their wealth to taxes. Many black pro-atheletes have switched over to the GOP for this reason as well.
I think Charles Barkley said it best. When asked how he could support "the party of the rich" he reminded the interviewer that he *was* rich!