Jennifer Lopez ’s opinion on what determines a “real New Yorker” caught Florida-born rapper and podcaster Mase by surprise.

The It Is What It Is co-host, who was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but raised in Harlem from childhood, spoke on the Tuesday (June 9) episode of the podcast about Lopez’s take. On a recent episode of Subway Takes With Kareem Rahma , the Office Romance star claimed that, unless you were born and bred in New York, you can’t claim the Big Apple as your hometown.

“According to J.Lo, Harlem World is a fake,” Mase joked around the 28-minute mark of the episode below. “I don't know how to feel about that.…