Paak was born in Oxnard California, in 1986. His mother is an African American and Korean ancestry and his father was a African American.

At the age of seven, Paak witnessed his estranged father attack his mother:

“My little sister and I went out front and my pops was on top of my mom. There was blood in the street. He was arrested and that was the last time I saw him. I think he did 14 years.

Paak began producing music from his bedroom as a teenager, while attending Foothill Technology High School.

His first experiences performing were as a drummer at his family’s church where he met and married his first wife. After a few years, they divorced, and when Paak was teaching at a music school, he met his second wife, a music student from South Korea.In 2011, prior to being a successful working musician.

Paak was working at a marijuana farm in Santa Barbara he was letting go without warning, becoming homeless together with his wife and infant son.

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