Strong Island

Etymology
While the exact date of the coinage is unknown, there are several claimants in the 1980's it was coined as a hip hop music term for Long Island. From Newsday: "To boost local black pride, Chuck D and the other WBAU DJs dubbed the Island Strong Island and gave special names to the emerging hip-hop strongholds."

Proper noun

 * 1)  Long Island in New York.
 * 2) * 2007. Strong Island Underground, New York Times, Sept. 30, 2007:
 * Not for nothing do bodybuilders and rappers brag and swagger about living on “Strong Island.”

Usage notes
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the "Strong Island Boys" were a mostly white, middle class "gang" or "posse" which tried to emulate the mostly minority gangs they saw in New York City.

The "Strong Island Sound", a US Basketball Association expansion team, uses Strong Island as part of its name. Its name is a play on the Long Island Sound.