Define Ear To The Streets Meaning

Ear To The Streets
Listening to the rumors, talkings, and stirrings of a ghetto-fabulous area in order to pick up some sort of new information and or new trends in a community

Gangster 1: Yo, you hear that new Lil' Wayne track that leaked?
Gangster 2: Yea nigga, I be keepin my ear to the streets and got that hot shit a while ago.
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