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📄 DESCRIPTION:
Episode 391 – “Where Is Tezlyn Figaro From?”
Produced by: Baller Alert
Tezlyn Figaro answers the question: “Where are you from?”—and trust, the answer is everything but simple. In this raw origin story, Tezlyn breaks down her Creole roots in Louisiana, growing up in a Pyro hood in Oklahoma City, and the heavy West Coast influence that shaped her lingo and energy.
From Chicago to Dallas, Orlando to LA—every city added something to the revolutionary you see today. And she’s not shape-shifting for anybody.
🗣 Highlights:
Why Louisiana culture raised her, even if she wasn’t born there
Her Pyro-hood upbringing in OKC
Living in Dallas with nothing at 19 & turning into a corporate boss
Stitches from a Crip, scars from a Blood, soul of a preacher
Why she embodies both hustle and healing
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS (YouTube Chapters)
00:00 | “Where are you from?” is a complicated answer
00:19 | Raised with Louisiana pride, born into gumbo energy
00:52 | “I’ll give you my heart… and cut yours out if need be”
01:09 | Growing up in Oklahoma City with LA influence
01:30 | Pyro hood explained + living in gang territory
01:52 | Lived in Dallas, Houston, Orlando, Chicago, LA
02:43 | Not about where I was born—it’s about the culture I carry
02:59 | Dallas built me: from broke to boss to homeowner
03:36 | “Stitches from a Crip, scars from a Blood—and still a pastor”
03:50 | Full-circle identity: no shape-shifting, just realness
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Wait Oklahoma is not the Midwest, huh
@lovesonmyside2184 where wld u consider it bc its not south or east or west. Its strsnge but OK amd AR are orphans..they seldom factor into regional conversations.
OK and AR are seldom mentioned in regional conversations abt the South, Midwest, East etc. So yeah Midwest, though many dont think of OK as a Midwest state.
I’m from OKC with Louisiana Roots
Tezlyn is exactly why blacks will always struggle
Figaro is a prominent Haitian name with a lot of high level members of congress, the police, house of commons. Very well known in Haiti.