Author Claude "Paradise" Gray was raised in the South Bronx.
Paradise is also a noted writer, photographer, and hip-hop historian/archivist, as confirmed with.
Prior to that, he was host and entertainment manager for the Manhattan nightClub the Latin Quarter where he was a key figure in transforming it into an historical hip-hop venue.
He was cofounder of the X Clan, whose 1990 album To the East, Blackwards is an Afrocentric and socio-politically conscious Golden Era hip-hop classic.
Author Claude "Paradise" Gray was raised in the South Bronx