Snow addresses this in his song Informer.
“People dem say ya come from Jamaica
But me born an’ raised in the ghetto that I want ya to know-a
Pure black people man that’s all I man know
Yeah me shoes are a-tear up an’a me toes just a show-a
Where me-a born in are de one Toronto, so”
ETA and I just realized I misread your post the first time. NM