Early Life
I was born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York on June 16th, 1976. Man, my conditions were real rough. I never knew my dad until I was an adult. My mom had drug issues. A lot of my family members were part of the Black Panthers. But I continued through all the adversity. Shit, I just had to boss up and learn the game. I went to Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School, then my family moved to Baltimore. That's where I enrolled in the Baltimore school of the Arts. I had a real good time there. One of my best friends there was Jada Pinkett, who is married to Will Smith now. At 17, we moved again, to Marin City, California, which is near San Francisco. In Cali I found a group named Digital Underground which helped start my rap career.