Balistik The Messiah was born by the name Raymond Ortiz in the East Tremont section of the Bronx, New York in 1987. He grew up as a typical lower middle-class inner city kid and had a decent childhood with his older brother and sister and his mother and father. Growing up in such an urban environment, where young children are more than often vividly exposed to the harsh realities of life far before their time, allowed him to portray the joys, hardships, and overall experiences of growing up a...