His birth mother put him and his sister up for adoption , and he bounced from foster home to foster home until he was adopted by Yvonne and Walter Bowens at age 6 .
Bowens had a confusing early childhood .
Bowens ' birth mother put him and his sister up for adoption , and he bounced from foster home to foster home until he was adopted by Yvonne and Walter Bowens at age 6 .
Bowens had a confusing early childhood .