JENNIFER LOPEZ: “You have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker!”
“So what’s your take?”
That’s Kareem Rahma’s signature question on his buzzy video series SubwayTakes, and he lobbed the question in Jennifer Lopez’s direction on a brand new episode. The veteran superstar, who is in the middle of promoting her new Netflix romantic comedy Office Romance opposite Brett Goldstein, shot back a take that went viral in short order.
“You have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker,” said the “Jenny From the Block” singer who hit the block after being born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. “Everybody wants to claim our city, but you have to be born in New York. You have to be born in one of the five boroughs to be a New Yorker.”
Exit question:
Do you think she realizes the broader implications of what she’s saying?
Or nah? https://t.co/r2kaB359es
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 5, 2026