Not to be confused with the brand of water, Awkwafina is the stage name of actress Nora Lum. In her Comedy Central series, she pays homage to what neighborhood?

Awkwafina grew up in Forest Hills, Queens. The Lum family was well-known in the borough as her paternal great-grandfather was a Chinese immigrant famous for his Cantonese restaurant Lum's in Flushing, Queens.

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