I feel a real connection to Brooklyn, certainly, because I spent 20 years of my life there, but I don't think of myself as a Brooklyn artist any more than I think of myself as a male artist.
Just as every animal is part of a kingdom, phylum, class, and order, every Dorchester resident has a parish, school, park, and neighborhood that they identify with.
I consider myself a Chicagoan, and if anybody else does, that gratifies me.
I'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.
I've always essentially been a New Yorker.
I represent Chicago.
I was born in Nashville, but my whole family is from East Texas, so I consider myself a dual citizen.
Kanpur is my own town. I was born and brought up here.
