Northern State is an American female hip-hop/indie rock group from New York. The group consists of members Julie "Hesta Prynn" Potash, Correne "Spero" (previously "Guinea Love", due to her Italian heritage) Spero, and Robyn "Sprout" Goodmark. The group is named after the Northern State Parkway, one of the highways on Long Island. == Biography == Sprout, Spero and Hesta Prynn attended Half Hollow Hills High School West and graduated in the 1990s. The group was first formed as a joke;... [more on Wikipedia]