I think there's a presumption by sports reporters, especially white sports reporters, that Allen Iverson sells shoes because he's got "street cred" or that "and 1" is making a killing because they are "street" and what is in this presumption (the same presumption people make when say "ghetto" or "urban") is that it goes hand in hand with "crime" or "thuggery" and that the terms are interchangeable.

What I find more depressing is that all of those things are becoming (and maybe it's just my rose colored glasses letting me think that 'becoming' is the right term) synonimous with "hip hop."

People can't even decide whether or not hip hop includes a dash or not and already reporters that have little connection to the culture are deciphering what it means to the masses without any sense that they might not know shit about what they are talking about.

Sigh.

street cred = appealing to insecure teenagers

It's probably because when the story broke all the white sports writers called up Wilborn trying to get the colored man's perspective.

damn i hate to say this, but um, and i'm black, and i'm somewhat of a journalist, but um, damn spit it out, damn, i have used street cred quite a few times. i think when i use it though, i'm being, um, sarcastic. i've used it when talking about eminem and vanilla icel...more the latter than the former though. ok, whew, i've said it.

just an addendum, i don't think i've actually ever said it out loud though, it's just that i've writen it down on paper.

street cred, upside, long, etc. sports catch phrases getting you down in the dumps then check out Bill Simmons' Page 2 pieces on Espn. This ain't plug (although it can sure as hell pass for one.) I think the guy is funny.

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