Street cred? That pampered suburbanite don't know nuffem 'bout no street. They have no streets where it comes from. And no shoes to fit 'em to walk those non-streets.
She was tightly connected with a Chicago gang called Il Rukn or something like that; was another name before but they turned mozzelem. So she had that going for her.
El Rukn. According to the below, they “dabbled in politics” apparently assisting in voter fraud.
https://chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/2009/01/el-rukn-temple.html