"I had spent my whole life growing up with the kids from Bloomfield Hills. These areas in the suburbs of Detroit are crazy wealthy. We had opportunities to hang out in mansions, drive expensive cars, and enjoy a life that not many kids could. It's like the Calabasas of Detroit. (Lewbel, Remy, Personal Interview. 28 July 2020). Remy Lewbel would shoot with Austin Speer, Sammy, Jimmy Nguen and live with Elizabeth Lupu-Leica. Birmingham Michigan, would be the neighboring city. "During Covid, Alex and I would chill in his backyard every night. See, our parents known each other since before we born. Some odd 30 years." (Lewbel, Remy, Personal Interview. 28 July 2020). Alexandre Mallebay-Vaqueur and Remy Lewbel would have been family friends. Both Lewbel and Mallebay-Vaqueur are first-generation Americans. Lewbel and Mallebay-Vaqueur's parents immigrated to America. "Our dads almost got kidnapped in Côte d'Ivoire. They have been through it, Alex and I want to share the same legacy when both of our families grow too." (Lewbel, Remy, Personal Interview. 28 July 2020).