 While he was attending Jordan High School in Los Angeles his mother decided it would be best for the family to relocate to Vallejo in the Bay Area.There he attended Peoples High School in which he dropped out in the 11th Grade due to his high involvement in illegal street activity.He became known to law officials as a member or affiliate of the Grape Street Crips and of the Romper Room Crew, which police dubbed as the Romper Room Gang.