Background
Henry was born on the southside of Chicago, Illinois. He was of Puerto Rican and African American descent. He went to several different high schools including Spring Woods High School and Mayde Creek High School in Houston, Texas, but eventually graduated from the school he started at, John Hersey. Henry was a 2005 alumnus of John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
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