If you ACTUALLY grew up in NYC you would know Dancehall & Caribbean music has always been part of Black American celebrations. As a kid, I was singing Murder She wrote right after doing the Electric Slide during cookouts!
If you never shopped at Jimmy Jazz, Conway, Pathmark, Modells, or never had a regents test in high school, or a green metro card, you can’t claim you’re from NYC
when people complain about how “people just smoke weed outside wherever they want now! everywhere smells like weed!” i just keep my mouth shut because ive been contributing to that since it was illegal everywhere