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BIG BLAHK
THE GENERAL
Born in Los Angeles, California, Kenyatta Vaughn came to this world a Muslim child. His early childhood began on 119th Street and Yukon, in a city called Inglewood, California. Inglewood was a middle class neighborhood with accomplished families, manicured lawns and parents with good jobs who cared about the education of their child. Kids would come home from school, do their homework and then go out to play. Each child would make sure that they were in the house before the street lights would come on and if your weren’t home before the street lights the neighborhood parents had the authority to whoop your behind and then tell your parents what you did.
Kenyatta’s mother from Rayville, Louisiana was originally a Baptist, and his father from Chicago, Illinois was raised Catholic. At eleven months old, Kenyatta suffered bronchitis due to lead poisoning; in those days lead was put in paint, which caused him to have a Tracheotomy. Doctor’s at Children’s Hospital thought Kenyatta would take a while to speak again, as a result, he would have to learn to use and strengthen his voice muscles before speaking |
again, God decided otherwise, because Kenyatta began saying “Mama… Mama”, doctors came flocking in to hear this child with vocal strength, shortly after the surgery, normally that would have a child silent for quite some time. Kenyatta received visits from doctor’s overseas that flew in to witness this remarkable accomplishment; he received lots of gifts, packets of toy cars and other goodies.
Kenyatta kept his trach for about 4 1/2 years and had it removed right before attending elementary school. He managed to do well with his situation in pre-school; he headed to first grade an accomplished young man. Kenyatta felt like a star, because at that time his father would drive him to school in a limousine that he owned. His father would also take Kenyatta to friends home’s such as; Barry White’s, The Jackson’s, Marvin Gaye, etc. He would go to the recording studio with his father, learning how the process of music was laid and he witnessed all the hard work it took to put a finished product together.
Kenyatta’s father the next year began to come in and out his life, forcing him at times to learn that life isn’t always simple. Kenyatta’s mother was forced to move to a place she could afford a spacious apartment on 110th and Crenshaw, sharing a bedroom with his older brother Andre (Big Dre).
Kenyatta found elementary school interesting; he joined a music class where he began learning Clarinet, because he really wanted to play drums, but the drums sets were limited at that time, due to other kids picking that particular instrument first, and he would play basketball and throw em’ up football after school. Throw em’ up football is a sport where you throw the ball in the air and when anyone catch’s the ball you try to tackle them. |
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Now living on 64th Street and Denker in South Central Los Angeles, he would experience a different work ethic; he had to now travel on the bus from Inglewood to South Central. Now he witnessed, children who quickly played after school and stay out late in the evening. He tried to avoid the peer pressure for quite some time, but eventually he would began to spend more time around this new set of friends, picking up some good and bad habits.
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