No doubt....and you can't cover it up everybody know.
but its just easier to say where I've BEEN vs where I'm from.
plus I'm out of touch where I'm from at this point. I'm basically a monthly tourist at this point.
How Do You Define Where You’re From?
- Thread starter Rasille
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No doubt....and you can't cover it up everybody know.
but its just easier to say where I've BEEN vs where I'm from.
plus I'm out of touch where I'm from at this point. I'm basically a monthly tourist at this point.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Thread seemed to be talking about origins more than current status. I agree, if you’ve been living in a city 10+ years as an adult and someone asks where you’re from, stating where you currently live makes sense. If they ask where you’re originally from tho, I’d share the place I spent my formative childhood/teen yearsI haven't lived in my hometown forever.....I don't claim it anymore
Feel you. depends on who I'm talking 2 tho. they usually don't believe me and are suspect when I try 2 get it off
I'm a proud suburban boijee resident
trap101-ETHout-Allegri-In
All Star
With how close it aligns with where the hammers rung. News cameras never come. Where you and your man hung to every verse in a rhyme. Where the grams were slung, nikkas vanished every summer, when the blue vans would come we'd thrown the work in the can and run......................................if it is aligned with that then that's where you from, cause ain't nuthin' nice......
With how close it aligns with where the hammers rung. News cameras never come. Where you and your man hung to every verse in a rhyme. Where the grams were slung, nikkas vanished every summer, when the blue vans would come we'd thrown the work in the can and run......................................if it is aligned with that then that's where you from, cause ain't nuthin' nice......
tribeca baby
HarlemHottie
Uptown Thoroughbred
where you are raised. You’re a product of you environment. Imagine being born in the BX and lived there for your first five years. The last 15 years you lived and came of age in Harlem.
You from Harlem.
@HarlemHottie
What do you think?
Eh... Where you from is where you were born, where you grew up is where you were raised. My family is from a different part of Harlem than I was raised and, growing up, that was always noted, sometimes highlighted. People are getting confused because they move around a lot- continent to continent, country to country, state to state- but are forgetting that your parents are your first intermediaries to the world. Where they're from matters as much as the block you grew up on, if not more, because they form the basis of how you engage/ interact with the people you're now surrounded by.
It adds confusion for people to be claiming a place they not really from, ie, it's well known that Bx nikkas is different than Harlem nikkas. False flagging muddles social expectations. Within NYC, we have a lot of people who claim multiple boroughs- born and raised one place, granny/ pops in another. Imo, claiming that auxiliary hood is low key false flagging bc, lets be honest, your ass was in the house. If you was over there heavy, there's a possibility you was outside during your off the porch years, but that's kinda late to be 'claiming.' In Jim Jones case, Harlem has some cachet that people from bum ass places like to glom onto. Bk is similar. Hearing that a nikka really from somewhere else but claiming it looks very weird, ngl.
RickyDiBiase
The Sword of Jesus of Nazareth
Born in Pittsburgh but would never claim it even if I still lived in that hellhole.
You’re from where you earned your reputation
