The Streets (song)

"The Streets" is a song by American rapper WC featuring fellow West Coast hip-hop recording artists Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg. It was released on July 23, 2002 through Def Jam Recordings as the lead single from his second solo studio album Ghetto Heisman. Production was handled by Scott Storch. An official remix featuring rapper Xzibit was also released.^[1]

In the United States, the single peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 43 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 20 on the Hot Rap Songs charts. It also made it to number 48 on the UK singles chart and number 13 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart in the United Kingdom.

The music video, directed by Chris Robinson, was shot in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and features a competition called the "Ghetto Olympics". It opens with WC running from the police while holding a torch, which he uses to light a flame signaling the beginning of the contest. While WC, Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg perform, Ghetto Olympians participate in a race involving jumping over backyard fences, as well as competitions of crip walking, hair braiding, "pimp beauty", tattooing and Kool-Aid making. WC rolls a pair of dice in the finals.^[2]

• WC – The Streets at Discogs (list of releases)