Born in the late seventies Tragic grew up in Tacoma Park Maryland, a suburb of
Washington D.C. Growing up in a Hispanic home, he was unable to speak English
until he started school. Trying to learn a new language in school combined
with an unbalanced home life, made for some rough childhood years. His father
struggled with alcohol abuse and was often times physically abusive to his
mother. One of Tragic’s most vivid childhood memories is of his father getting
severely drunk, firing a shotgun at of an upstairs bedroom window, and in turn
being hauled off by the local police after a tense standoff. To make matters
worse, he, his mother, and sister bounced around from shelter to shelter
before settling in a permanent home. Not surprisingly he began to act out by
getting in fights at school and stealing from stores. This led to him to write
his first verse at the age of eleven-a short rhyme about stealing candy from
the local 7-11. The Hip Hop seed had already been planted.

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