I'm from the inner city of Buffalo.
I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they think.
I'm from New York City. I grew up in the city. Suburban life was very odd to me.
I'm from the street. We all know that.
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
I'm from L.A. I grew up in the 'hood.
I come from Lambeth, Brixton.
I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.
I am a dark-skinned, nappy-headed, scar-faced dude from the streets of Brooklyn. I can't hide from being who I am. It's all over my face.
I'm from the Southside of Chicago.
As with all the other rappers I've worked with, Biggie and I shared common ground. Even though Biggie grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up in Chicago, we came from the same 'hood.
'Hanna' has grown up in mother nature's beautiful wilderness and that's what she knows. So for someone like me who has always had a life in the city, it was a chance to look beyond social conventions.
I suppose I am a bit of rough. I'm originally from Coolock: I'm rough around the edges.
I am a son of Detroit. I was born in Detroit.
I'm just a normal kid, really, from an inner-city background.
You can take the boy out of Philly but not the Philly out of the boy. It shapes my world view. It was a great place to grow up.
I'm an inner city man, born and bred.
I'm actually one of the sharper tools in the box that haven't been in the streets like that, but I have family members, close loved ones, that that's all they know.
Football is open to anyone, especially somebody like me who grew up in the Paris suburbs.
When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman and my background is not particularly urban.
People would be amazed that I've grown up in Bombay and not Banaras.
I come from the Bronx, so I was exposed to every type of music you can think of.
I guess, technically, I went to a New York City high school, but I wouldn't call myself a New York City kid. But I've played against city kids all my life. So that kind of instills something in you.
