Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black teen) any impoverished area.

1999		Lootpack f/ Dilated People ‘Long Awaited’ 🎵 on Soundpieces: Da Antidote! [album] Yo if my peeps’ are in the trenches then I’m where the battle is / Rokka Iriscience A.K.A. the Catalyst / The weight of the world’s on my shoulder like I’m atlas.
2022		Central Cee ‘LA Leakers Freestyle’ 🎵 You say ‘the trenches’, we say ‘the ends’.