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Kyle Lowry: The North Philly kid who championed “We The North”

Toronto Raptors, Kyle Lowry (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

North Philadelphia, colloquially called North Philly, is a working class section in the City of Brotherly Love. Media moguls such as Meek Mill and Kevin Hart call it home. North Philly is also the birthplace of NBA legends like Rasheed Wallace, and the greatest Toronto Raptors player of all-time, Kyle Lowry.

With a poverty rate above 45%, North Philly’s environment is the perfect breeding ground for the development of distrust. Aside from his family, trusting people could result in Lowry’s demise or death, making it a daunting task to truly trust others.