street cred

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1. street cred 139 up, 12 down
Commanding a level of respect in an urban environment due to experience in or knowledge of issues affecting those environments
He's been thru it all. His street cred is undeniable.
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by White Jesus Aug 28, 2006 email it 0 comments

2. Street Cred 177 up, 88 down
1. your "coolness" factor
2. imaginary "points" you get when you do something cool
1. Oh snap, I just punched that guy in the face--*plus 1 street cred*
2. Oh snap, you just got punched in the face--*minus 1 street cred*
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by Deeebo Oct 21, 2005 email it 0 comments

3. street cred 93 up, 58 down
short for street credibility
(n)- repsect from urban communities. usually something essential for making it big in the rap world. it is wrongly percieved as being a straight up gansta or committing crimes. street cred is something one can earn, even a rich kid or suburb-dweller. if you have went through a tough childhood or life but have worked hard to make something of yourself (like me), then you can earn street cred, even if you are not from the streets. if ghetto kids like a rap artist who started out rich, but rapped about important things in life and is simply a good rapper, then that rapper has street cred. if you buy a rap album just because the rapper is gansta, then you are fucked up.
a funny thing is, most street rappers are not that great, some of the greatest lyricists of all time were not always from 'tha ghetto'
non-ghetto/street rappers who have earned street cred:
the streets to some extent
kanye west
run-dmc
rakim one of the greatest lyricists, who cares if he is street?
vanilla ice not really, he lied about it
ja rule he was not straight up gangsta, but has still earned much street cred, which was unfortunately lost