Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Johnny Alf (b. Alfredo José da Silva) an haife shi ne a ranar 19 ga Mayu, 1929, a Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mahaifin Alf, wani jami'in soja, ya yi yaƙi a yakin basasa na Brazil na 1932, juyin juya halin Tsarin Mulki
, kuma ya mutu a yaƙi a kwarin Paraíba. Mahaifiyarsa ce ta yi renonsa ita kaɗai, tana aiki a matsayin baiwa. Ta sami aiki tare da dangi a Tijuca, wani yanki kusa da tsakiyar Rio. Iyalin gidan, tare da maraba da Johnny da mahaifiyarsa, suna da girmamawa ga kiɗa kuma sun goyi bayan Alf yayin da ya fara gano fasahar.