Vega also long claimed to be half-Catholic due his mother's Puerto Rican ancestry, but in a 2008 interview with "The Jewish Chronicle" admitted he lied about his own religious upbringing to "fuel the myth".
Vega also long claimed to be half-Catholic due his mother's Puerto Rican ancestry. While many themes of Catholicism helped influence his lyrics and visual art, in a 2008 interview with "The Jewish Chronicle" admitted he lied about his own religious upbringing to "fuel the myth".