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IN THE CITY The NYC hiphop group takes us on a tour of Queens. Himanshu Suri: What can I say about Queens that wasn’t already said in Coming to America? It’s a great place. My first place of residence, I had a parking lot to play in. Then I moved and had a courtyard to play in. Then I moved and had a backyard to play in. In elementary school, I hung out with a Chinese kid, a Haitian kid, a Puerto Rican kid and a bunch of Indian kids. Then in junior high, I hung out with a bunch of Korean kids and a bunch of Indian kids. Then I went to high school in Manhattan, met some white kids, and it was all downhill from there. Ashok “Dap” Kondabolu: I was born in Flushing Hospital. At that time, my family lived in an apartment on 72nd Street and 32nd Avenue in Jackson Heights. We were the first (and to this day, the only) Indian people to live in Jackson Heights. Then we moved to the Dunnolly Gardens apartment complex on 79th. I became a member of the Guardian Angels fake children’s gang. My brother kept a notebook listing our