He joined the Rollin 20 Crips as a teen, deal drugs, was in and out of jail and did a year in juvie, then his house got shot up in a drive-by at age 18. He went to work for career criminal Suge Knight in Death Row records, and only got charged with the gun crime because his bodyguard shot someone having a disagreement with him. Obviously a role modizzle for all youth to emulate, or not.