So you’ve seen The Wire and think you know all there is to know about Baltimore? Think again. With nicknames like Mob Town and Bodymore, the city was one of the crime hotspots of America way before the police drama reached our screens.

But how to do the youth of Baltimore feel about their city? Viper asked photographer Desean Ragland to show us what it’s really like to be a teenager in his hometown. Here he shows us how local teens release stress.