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Feeling angst about embracing hardcore rapper (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gangsta

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'hardcore rapper' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'feeling angst about embracing' is the wordplay.
'embracing' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (the solution is embraced by words in the clue).
'GANGSTA' is hidden in the letters of 'feeling angst about'.

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(Another definition for gangsta that I've seen is " Style of rap".)

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