PoppaGator, these people had no idea of her background, never heard of her father, but were simply expressing an idea about music industry images. They didn't really think that she was from NY, just that she was "probably" from there, or somewhere. So it wouldn't matter that some New Orleans actually sounds a bit like some New York, for example. Anyway, she sounds pretty darn good, I think.

Who does know, about these things? I'm not sure there's a true, natural, inherent identity thing at the bottom of the well. It's all affectation, really, but it seems a little silly when people go too far out of their way. Especially when they aren't good at it.