Karrueche Tran has mixed heritage. She was born to a Vietnamese mother and an African American father, as she revealed in an interview with Ebony. In addition to that, she was raised in a Jamaican household, as her godmother is Jamaican, as per an interview with Complex.
Hurricane Melissa is the 13th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and with such strong intensity, over 750 homes have been destroyed across the Dominican Republic. It has already displaced around 3,760 people, as reported by the Associated Press. Moreover, access to over 48 communities has been cut off. With 160 mph, it is barreling towards Jamaica.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Melissa is expected to hit Jamaica early Tuesday morning. “Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides are likely today through Tuesday,” the NHC said.
After passing through Jamaica, the winds will head towards Cuba, and by Wednesday, the storm is expected to hit the south-eastern Bahamas.
Presently, Karrueche Tran lives in Los Angeles, California, and is praying for Jamaica and the rest of the countries affected by the strong winds.
Karrueche Tran on her Jamaican identity
Karrueche Tran has often talked about her roots and identity. In an interview with Ebony, she shared her elementary school experience when she grappled with her biracial identity. “I was always somewhere in the middle. In elementary school, I identified more with my Asian side,” she told the publication.
She continued by saying, “I had a lot of Korean friends, and then once middle school hit, it was a little more diverse. It was still a weird place to be, because around the Asians, I was brown-skinned. Around Black girls, I wasn’t Black enough, you know?”
Back in 2014, in a conversation with the Jamaica Observer, she opened up by saying, “I identify with both ethnicities. I don’t like to identify with just one because that’s really not fair; I am both.” Moving on, she talked about her Jamaican godmother’s delicious food as well. “I eat lots of Asian food, and I still embrace a lot of my black culture, as well. I grew up in a Jamaican household; my godmother is Jamaican, so I grew up with flavorful, tasty food.”
During the conversation, she revealed that it was her first time in Jamaica. “It’s my first time here. I love the food and hot weather. I love ackee and salt fish, which I grew up eating.” During the vacation, she stayed at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston, which is presently on high alert under the threat of Hurricane Melissa. Per the officials, “Kingston is extremely low. No community in Kingston is immune.”
Our prayers are with Jamaica and its people.