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I grew up in Brooklyn.

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.

I'd been living on the streets of New York, and I was sleeping at my friends' houses, sometimes in the subway.

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life.

I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.

I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.

I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there.