.... Well growing up in the hood would be the main thing..that kinda stays with you whenever you go being when people ask where you come from then give you a look like 'omg your from there'... Some will actually jugde you by it.
Basically we have a rougher outlook on life, raised in poverty and told we ain't shit by the rest of society, some break out do great, some just repeat the cycle. But the fight never leaves you.. Or so I've been told when I get irritated the hood comes out... (UK hoods are different to American, with similar crossovers)
Asthetic reasons, I dunno wear the clothes and speak the lingo. 😋