The Untold Truth Of Kodak Black

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Kodak Black, who was born in Pompano Beach, Fla. to Haitian immigrants, knew what hard times were like early on. According to the Miami New Times, he grew up in a Section 8 housing complex called Golden Acres, which was once described by the Sun Sentinel as a "haven for crack cocaine, crime, and squalor." As a result of that environment, Kodak got into serious trouble, landing himself in juvenile hall, and narrowly avoiding "a Punishable By Life charge," according to Passion of the Weiss. But he knew where his out was. 

"My dad wasn't in my life, he couldn't buy me sh**, he told The Fader. "My mom, her money going was straight to the bills. So I was like, f**k it, I got to get my own money," he continued, referencing his plans to make it in the rap game.

But the road to hip hop stardom was rocky. According to the outlet, Kodak was arrested for carjacking in middle school and the arrests only snowballed from there. Kodak would later leave Pompano Beach for California, suggesting to The Breakfast Club (via Hip Hop Wired) that he did so because his hometown brings out the worst in him. "In Florida everywhere I go it's people just like me... so if everybody packing [a gun] I'ma have to pack [a gun]. I'ma have to be on bulls**t too. But in California, nobody ain't wit that," he explained.

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