Early Life
Ricardo Emmanuel Brown was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he lived for a while. As a result, he has associated himself somewhat with Philadelphia and its rap scene. His first album, Kuruption!, was a double-disc that featured both east and west coast CDs. He is the cousin of rapper Redrum781, known from the Bloods & Crips Bangin' on Wax albums, and Damu Ridas.He also lived in East Orange, NJ with his mother, sister and younger brother. A suburb of Newark, East Orange is where he sharpened his emcee skills. He later moved to Hawthorne, California to live with his father Jomax Collins (Ah-Fook).
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