At least it was from 2009 through 2016:
● Time for Obama to go ‘gangsta’ on GOP.
—CNN’s Roland S. Martin, February 11, 2010.
● Don Cheadle On Obama: “I Wanted To See A More Gangsta President!”
—The Urban Daily, December 30, 2011.
—The Financial Times, October 3, 2014.
h/t Instapundit