His father, Joseph D. Warren, grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, and worked in the African-American studies department at Northeastern University before his death in 2010.
His father, Joseph D. Warren, grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. He was an advisor for Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis's 1988 presidential campaign, and worked in the African-American studies department at Northeastern University before his death in 2010.