About This Collection
What does Shop Your City and State represent and who is it for?
Shop Your City and State is the collection for people whose city is not just where they grew up — it is who they are. It covers the full range of regional loyalty in hip-hop and street culture: block pride, borough declarations, state identity, and the ride-or-die relationship with a place that shaped how you move, think, and talk. It is for gift buyers shopping for someone who reps their city before anything else.
What makes Street Talk Designs the authority on city and state pride language?
Street Talk Designs is backed by Street Talk: Da Official Guide To Hip-Hop and Urban Slanguage — over 10,000 entries of documented hip-hop and urban street vernacular written by OG Randy, born and raised in Brooklyn NY. Every design is rooted in real cultural language, not trends. The Slang Academy is the only statement brand with its own hip-hop dictionary behind every design.
Why is Shop Your City and State a strong source for gifts?
Because real place loyalty is one of the most personal things someone carries — and almost impossible to find honored correctly in a gift. These designs speak the actual language of where someone is from, not a generic state graphic. For the person who carries their city everywhere they go, this collection delivers a statement that finally says it right.