I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.
I grew up upper-class. Private school, my dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.
I can not imagine my life if I didn't have a music program in my school.
I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.
