Rahsaan Ali was born at Brooklyn Hospital and raised in Saint Albans, Queens before moving to Suffolk County, Long Island. His first novel, Nasty, originally titled Selfish Intenti...ver maisRahsaan Ali was born at Brooklyn Hospital and raised in Saint Albans, Queens before moving to Suffolk County, Long Island. His first novel, Nasty, originally titled Selfish Intentions, made the Essence® bestsellers list four months in a row.ver menos