O lọ si Colleyville Middle School ati Grapevine High School ṣaaju ki o to gbe lọ si Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts ni Dallas. Orin rẹ gba fọọmu akọkọ rẹ ni ibẹrẹ ni Ile ijọsin Methodist agbegbe nibiti o ti kọrin solos nigbagbogbo. Lakoko ti o wa ni ile-iwe giga, o kọrin ni akọrin ile-iwe, kopa ninu ẹgbẹ orin, o si mu saxophone alto. Ni ọdun 16, pẹlu igbanilaaye awọn obi mejeeji, o yi orukọ ara rẹ pada si NJ.
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