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\n\t\u201cSo what\u2019s your take?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s Kareem Rahma\u2019s signature question on his buzzy video series SubwayTakes<\/em>, and he lobbed the question in Jennifer Lopez\u2019s direction on a brand new episode. The veteran superstar, who is in the middle of promoting her new Netflix romantic comedy Office Romance<\/em> opposite Brett Goldstein, shot back a take that went viral in short order.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cYou have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker,\u201d said the \u201cJenny From the Block\u201d singer who hit the block after being born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. \u201cEverybody 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRahma then explained that when he moved to New York in 2012, he was told by locals that \u201cin 10 years, you can call yourself a New Yorker,\u201d but Lopez assured him that as a real local \u201cI did not sign the petition.\u201d Rahma continued to make a case for claiming the title \u2014 \u201cI pay New York taxes,\u201d he said \u2014\u00a0but Lopez did not change her tune. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen you\u2019re born in New York is when you\u2019re really a New Yorker,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat did I just say? Do I need to say it? See, this is very New York right here. I said what I said. I meant it. I\u2019m glad this was my first take. Jenny been the block forever, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe take has landed with mixed reception online with some social media users agreeing with Lopez while others have criticized her opinion by pointing out that New York is a city that has for generations welcomed immigrants. Even current New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was born outside the country. \u201cThis is one of the dumbest takes ever for a city of immigrants. And one of the most welcoming cities in the world,\u201d posted one user on X.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s not the first time Lopez has gone viral for a New York take. Two years ago, a Vogue<\/em> clip blew up that featured Lopez recalling her \u201cgo-to bodega order.\u201d Said Lopez: \u201cMy go-to order at the bodega was ham and cheese on a roll with an orange drink. If you know, you know.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAs for her appearance on Rahma\u2019s SubwayTakes<\/em>, Lopez relayed another take: \u201cSelf love should be a subject in school from kindergarten all the way through college.\u201d<\/p>\n

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