Born John Edward Hawkins in Houston, Texas on November 15, 1969 He grew up on the dead end block of MLK with younger brother, Patrick "Fat Pat" Hawkins and two sisters He started rapping in 1992 when Fat Pat took him to DJ Screws house, an upcoming mixtape producer and DJ in the southern area of Houston In April 2006 Hawk married his longtime girlfriend, Meshah Henderson The couple had two sons