Beyond the plain fact that the iconic Coolio song is called “Gangsta’s Paradise,” the Jeopardy website went on to state that both “gangster” and “gangsta” are listed as two separate words in the Oxford English Dictionary, and as such have separate definitions.
Granted, both of those definitions are super similar, but the one specifically used in the Coolio hit is the informal version, so there’s the $1,600 difference.
It also looks like the face of someone mentally shouting “Bullshit!” while still calmly taking in Alex Trebek’s announcement, but there was no bullshit to be found, since the Jeopardy! judges had some sound logic in their explanation.