His creole heritage has been virtually erased by the media, probably because it ain’t as exotic as being Eritrean (a country that he only visited twice in his life and didn’t technically exist when he was born).

But you right, man. We all come from that corner of the country. My grandmama comes from Texas and met my grandfather from Shreveport here. Like it’s a big ass extended family in LA once you really get into the genealogy.