[MUSIC PLAYING]
Some people say you are a real New
Yorker if you've lived here for 10 years, but that's bullshit.
Real New Yorkers have been here their whole lives.
We were born and raised in the city.
Right.
And we think we can spot lifelong New Yorkers.
Also, you're a real New Yorker once air conditioner
water falls in your mouth.
So we sent our correspondents, Rainey and Tawanda out
on the street to ask people if they're really from New York,
and we'll try to guess the answer.
Yo, what's up? I'm Rainey.
And I'm Tawanda.
And we out here on these brick ass
streets of NYC trying to figure out who's really from New York.
Are you from New York?
Yeah, bro.
I'm from the Bronx.
Are you from New York?
No.
I'm from racist-ass Boston.
Let's see if these Americans sniff out the locals.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
So what's your name and what do you do for work?
Well--
That's a stupid question because he invented hip-hop.
Yo, come on.
Like--
That's clearly Kool Herc.
Let's go.
Hello.
Well, my name is Kingmelvin.
Not King David. Don't get it twisted.
King Melvin. RAINEY: OK.
One word. RAINEY: OK.
And what I do for a living, I'm a singer
songwriter, TV producer.
What do you think of the Knicks?
Oh, the Knicks.
Listen, I don't have nothing negative to say
about this great city.
All I do is love, joy, and peace.
That's what I'm into.
Oh, he got that fire weed.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
He got that fire weed, but you know what he don't got?
Vaccination.
Not at all.
Allegedly.
Who's the greatest rapper of all time?
Busta Rhymes.
Busta Rhymes, come on now.
- Oh, he from New York. - Oh, he's from New York.
- He from New York. - Oh no, yeah, yeah.
He from New York.
Only a New York person would even say Busta Rhymes.
He's not from New York.
He's from Brooklyn.
OK?
I just want to hear him say Leaders of the New School.
God damn.
Y'all don't know about Dinco D?
You know how old you got to be to make us feel old?
OK?
You got to be Kingmelvin old.
[BARS CLINK]
BOTH: Yes!
Goddamn.
I know, hello.
We might replace the Statue of Liberty with him.
Are you really from New York?
Yes, I'm from New York.
Come on, stop playing.
Hell yeah.
[BELL RINGS]
Your man was going for Newports on 9/11.
OK?
I know New York when I see one.
Yo.
My name's Danny and I'm an electrical engineer.
OK, I don't know if he's from New York,
but I know he has a Black girlfriend.
Oh, yeah.
However, she doesn't post him.
No!
They met at Pratt.
[VOCALIZES]
Who is the greatest rapper of all time?
Oh, I gotta hear his rapper answer.
Oh, man.
That's a tough one.
Jack Harlow.
Probably-- probably Biggie.
He said Biggie.
That's like, the most generic New York rapper you could say.
Yeah, it's like, yo--
Because a real New Yorker would be like, Hell Rell, so--
Hello. Uncle Murda.
DESUS: Mhm.
[BARS CLINK]
So we're going to say no.
Are you from New York?
Yes.
What part of New York are you from?
Upstate Orange County New York.
That's not New York!
[YELLS GIBBERISH]
That's not New York!
Your man lives in the OC, but the wack
ass East Coast version.
What?
Hey, hey, hey, your Metro North is leaving.
Get out of here.
[BELL RINGS]
He's on a phone call to the police.
He's like, I was just accosted by two colored men.
OK.
My name is David.
I'm a photographer and bartender.
What do you think of the Knicks?
I don't think much about the Knicks.
I'm a Heat fan.
Now we can cook this outfit.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm enjoying this BET reboot of Paddington the Bear.
Yo, let me get Ziwe's hat.
[LAUGHTER]
Sorry, Ziwe.
Love you, boo.
Who is the greatest rapper of all time?
Rakim.
[BARS CLINK]
So is he from New York or no?
Damn, he's got to be, bro.
And David, do you live in New York?
Yes.
Are you from New York?
Yes.
RAINEY AND TAWANDA: Are you really from New York?
Yes, I really am from New York.
Flatbush, East Flatbush.
Oh, see? Brooklyn.
It's all the Brooklyn motherfuckers.
All the Brooklyn people.
[BELL RINGS]
My apologies to NYPD.
Wow, judging Black people is hard.
God damn.
I understand why y'all make mistakes now.
My name is Marion, and I work for a music
entertainment company.
What do you think of the Knicks?
I don't think of the Knicks.
I'm a Lakers fan.
Ooh, strike one.
Ooh, oof.
Who is the greatest rapper of all time?
Oh, my god.
That's hard.
Ah, man, I can't-- ah.
All right.
Nas.
I'll say Nas. Yeah.
OK.
[BOTH VOCALIZE]
[BARS CLINK]
- Damn. - Oh.
Lakers and--
Lakers-- I'm getting DC or LA energy.
MERO: Yeah.
I don't feel that she is a native New Yorker.
Also, not to be catty, the eyebrows are not New York.
They're not.
If--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]
I mean--
OK, some of y'all are like, Desus,
you're being hateful, and I'm like, I have four sisters.
So I'm going to say she's not valid.
She's a transplant.
Are you really from New York?
I am not from New York.
I'm a transplant.
Ah!
Oh, oh, oh, my god.
[BELL RINGS]
I'm from the DMV area, DC, Maryland, Virginia.
Research, can you look up the definition
of "miss," because we don't know what that is.
[BELL RINGS]