Urban fiction. (Genre/Form Term)

Morris, V.I. The reader's advisory guide to street literature, 2011: p. 1 (there's been some debate about what to call this genre: urban fiction; hip-hop lit; ghetto lit; street lit) p.2 (one thing is consistent and clear: street literature is location-specific; it is a genre in which the stories are consistently set in urban, inner-city enclaves, depicting daily lives of people in lower-income city neighborhoods) p. 3 (characteristics of street lit: fast-paced stories; vivid depictions of the inner-city environment; the street as an interactive stage; female and male identity formation often with young adult protagonists; navigation of interpersonal relationships; commodification of lifestyles; surviving street life) p. 7 (contemporary street lit is an African-American-focused genre, featuring mostly African American protagonists and antagonists, as well as African American Vernacular English, hip-hop slang, and American regional dialects)

Wikipedia, Nov. 3, 2012 (urban fiction: also known as street lit or hip-hop lit; a literary genre set, as the name implies, in a city landscape; however, the genre is as much defined by the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters as the urban setting; The tone for urban fiction is usually dark, focusing on the underside of city living. Profanity, sex, and violence are usually explicit, with the writer not shying away from or watering-down the material)

LCSH, Oct. 21, 2014 (Urban fiction. UF Gangsta fiction; Gangsta lit; Ghetto lit; Hip-hop fiction; Street fiction; Street lit)

Fiction that features African Americans in inner cities and that generally includes explicit profanity, sex, and violence.