We almost called the 'Portlandia' show 'Stumptown.' That was the original name.
I think what sets a New York rapper apart from other rappers from other places is just being from New York.
I've hardly ever played urban characters.
I sound New York. I sound East Coast much more than a blonde person from L.A.
You go to New York, and people say New Yorkers are so rude, and I think they're so nice. They might yell at you, but it's nice.
I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.
I'm from Boston - everyone says 'awesome,' but there are a lot of people in Boston who say 'awesome.'
I was born and raised in New York, so I was blessed - or some say cursed - with a strong New York accent.
I'm a New Yorker, so I speak really fast, naturally.
