”Have you been listening to hip-hop this year? If not, we’ve got good news: The gangster persona is finally dead, and these are the kids who killed it. One song at a time, they built a new era in which duct-taped kilos, exotic firearms, and freaky girls are out and real life is the focus.

That can still mean trumped-up egos and battle raps, but it also means family, drama, vicious hangovers, and regular chicks who will make good love to you, then stomp out your heart. (Weed? Weed is always in.) Wale is as famous for his live shows as for the slick-witted lyricism of his debut, Attention Deficit.

Hmm.. when we watch music videos we still see “freaky women”. Well regardless of what GQ Mag has to say, it’s good to see these three rappers who made a break through in hip-hop music for 2009,  featured in the very popular magazine.

You can continue reading what GQ had to say about the “Gangster Killers” after the jump.

Kid Cudi is the cutup who scored with the stoner anthem “Day N Nite” and his album Man on the Moon. And then there’s Drake, who found himself turning down multimillion-dollar offers after his single “Best I Ever Had” exploded. (It helps that the girls like Drake. A lot.) Drake’s debut, Thank Me Later is easily the most anticipated album of 2010 So what do these underdogs thing about being cast as gangster slayers?

“The dope boy is going to be a fixture of black culture as long as “thug” is a legitimate option alongside a job” Drake says. But I’m not going to rap about how much crack I’ve sold.” Cudi also laughs at the idea of talking tough. “Anybody from cleveland will tell you I wasn’t in the streets” he says. “Ask them! They’ll say, ‘Scott was the goofy class clown.”

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I was writing about the difference of how it felt when it was only about money once it got down to me dealing with the child-support situation. The friendship we had was forgotten. I believe people invest in each other and it’s never even when you’re in a relationship — one person is loving harder than the other.”

It’s funny to see when such a gangster “hard” rapper talk about love. He continued telling MTV:

When the expectations aren’t being met, they kinda resent the other party. A lot of times they don’t go from being boyfriend and girlfriend or to getting engaged or being married back to being friends. They kinda gotta part ways from each other because one still has feelings and one is ready to move on.”

“Do You Think About Me” will be released this Friday.

Remember that interview where Vivica was talking about 50 on the Tyra Show? You can watch the clip after the jump…