Quincey Schoolboy Q Hanley - 892 Words

Quincey â€Å"ScHoolboy Q† Hanley was born on October 26, 1986, in Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, an American military complex in Wiesbaden, Germany, to a couple who split up before his birth. His father remained in the Army, but Q and his mother moved to Houston, Texas. Because of the strained relationship between his mother and father, Q was given a random last name possessed by neither parent. Shortly after moving back to the United States, he and his mother relocated to her former home in South Central, Los Angeles. Eventually he and his mother settled on 51st Street between the notorious Hoover Street and Figueroa Streets, both famous for the abundance of drugs and street violence. Q’s mother worked as a night dispatcher for AAA, so he did not see her very often while attending school and was partially raised by his grandmother. Despite growing up in South Central, Los Angeles, Q’s music influences are primarily East Coast rappers such as The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, and 50 Cent. Unlike Kendrick Lamar, Q did not develop an interest in writing and performing music until his teenage years, and he did not start recording music professionally until he was in his early-20s. Q’s academic success during high school — a 3.3 GPA until his final year — earned him the nickname â€Å"Schoolboy† from his peers (his name is stylized as â€Å"ScHoolboy Q† because of his upbringing on Hoover Street in Los Angeles). , However, his affiliation with the notorious 52 Hoover Crips of South Los Angeles