YOUNGIN TRUE WAS RAISED IN BOSTON, MA. BORN TO AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MOTHER WITH SOUTHERN ROOTS AND A JAMAICAN FATHER, YOUNGIN TRUE DEVELOPED AN EARLY LOVE FOR MUSIC. WHILE HIS FATHER WAS A TRAVELING REGGAE ARTIST, TRUE CAME UP SINGING IN THE CHURCH WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER. GROWING UP IN THE CITY'S JAMAICA PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, TRUE QUICKLY FOUND POETRY & MUSIC AS AN OUTLET AFTER THE SLAYING OF HIS OLDER BROTHER AT THE AGE OF 11. TAKING THE INFLUENCES OF HIS ENVIRONMENT AND TURNING THEM INTO PASSION AND STORIES. THE MERENGUE FILLED BODEGAS, DANCEHALL BASEMENT PARTIES, BLOCK CYPHERS, AND TRAGEDIES EXPERIENCED ALL POINTED TO MUSIC. FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE ART FORM AND INFLUENCED BY THE FUGEES, NAS, 50 CENT, MISSY ELLIOT, TIMBALAND, OUTKAST, AND MORE; TRUE FOUNDED HIS OWN LABEL "HOOD BLUES SOUND" IN 2014 AND STARTED EXECUTIVE PRODUCING HIS OWN ALBUMS.