Early Years
Chung was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He is of Chinese Jamaican descent, his father being half-Chinese Jamaican, half-Afro-Jamaican and mother Afro-Jamaican. He has four brothers and three sisters. Chung's mother, Sophia George-Chung, was a top Jamaican reggae artist in the 1980s. Her song, "Girlie Girlie," released in 1985, was a number one hit in Jamaica and made it into the Top 10 in the United Kingdom. His half-brother Brian Carey Chung, a choreographer and poet, is Assistant Professor of Ballet at Northern Illinois University, and the founding artistic director and choreographer of COLLECTIVE BODY | DANCELAB, a creative think tank for new dance and performance in New York City.
Chung attended Rancho Cucamonga High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where he played football as a safety and wide receiver and was a two-time All-League pick.
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