User:Grizzly grippla

On March 30, 1981 a man child was born in St. Mary, Jamaica who was later destined put his grip on the music world. While growing up in Jamaica and going to school Grippla had an unstable childhood, left with a family that cared nothing for him to the point he drank rat poison due to hunger. Having no family figure, getting hit by a bike and almost drowning, Grippla still had a positive outlook on life. Although quiet, he was a curious and open-minded child. At the age of 7, he moved to Toronto to live with his mother.

His time in Toronto was short-lived as he moved to Chicago 1.5 years or so later to live with his grandmother and aunt. During these formative years, his grandmother and aunt invested their time praise and unconditional love into Grippla's life. They proved to be the most influential in his life. When his grandmother moved to Florida 3 years later, Grippla moved back to Toronto.

His high school years were turbulent as he attended 4 high schools while basically raising himself and living on the streets. Those years saw him in the care of Children's AID, Juvenile Detention as well as Open Custody. Despite the challenges that would have caused others to give up, Grippla preserved and graduated from North Peel Secondary High School in Brampton. Right after graduating, Grippla was accepted into the General arts program at St. Claire College in Windsor ON. The obstacles didn't stop there as Grippla had to fight his way into his program of choice, Electrical Engineering. Due to the obstacles of racism, Grippla left St. Clair after 2.5 years without finishing his program. Grippla moved to Los Angeles, California to work in graphic installs with his uncle.

During his time in L.A., he worked extremely hard during those 3 years, his only time off was spent in the studio learning more about music. Grippla returned to Toronto after 3 years to live with his mother only face more challenges in life. The relationship with his mother was weak to start and only lead to him not communicating with her since the day he was stabbed in the chest by his then friends of 5 years. Although Grippla was hit by a car as a pedestrian in January of 2009, Grippla still stands strong. Grippla now finds stability in pursuing his own graphic business. At the same time, he also puts his effort into developing his Jamaican/Canadian/American influenced, world changing music career. (july/18/2010)(Grizzly grippla (talk) 03:51, 19 July 2010 (UTC))