street cred

Over the years, she has built up her conservative street cred.

It seems to me to be very image-conscious, and you even have ex-prison guards and the like feigning street cred.

Better still, his military bona fides give him the kind of street cred that is rare among the political class.

Of course, adds Reed, to keep that street cred, a winning pol has to follow through with the fight.

She chose to go with someone who also was trying to be a G and to have this street cred.