I started singing because I was born into an incredible musical family (LOS DIABLOS) & music was a way of life for us. I jumped at the first chance I could to sing in the church choir and did so all through elementary. My older brother (MAN ONE) was a graffitti artist and introduced me to Hip Hop very early on. I was a lil b-boy and would write out Ice-T & De-La-Soul lyrics all day.
I was also an alter boy and would go to church sometimes without my family because I felt it was my second home. When my priest/principal noticed my devotion in faith he approached me with a chance to study at a monastery in northern Ca. where I could begin my path as a future priest myself. I took this as a "call to serve" (which was written on the brochure he handed me). When I contemplated this life changing option I was in the middle of listening to Public Enemy's "nation of millions..." I came to the conclusion that keeping the word of God locked up in a church where people who have "already found God" was not as effective