ghetto flowers
also the title of an oakland based rap song, ghetto flowers describes females from the ghetto who don't let the negativity of the ghetto taint their beauty, dreams, and intelligence.
"There are ghetto flowers all up in this neighborhood."
ghetto flower
Someone that was born in extremely bad condition and prospered through his actions despite everything. Basically someone who went from rags to riches (literally or more metaphorically).
Leonardo DiCaprio is a ghetto flower, he grew up extremely poor and later became one of the most iconic actors in the world.