Eric "Lega-c" Smith was born in Prince Georges County, Maryland on December 14, 1990. He had a pretty normal childhood consisting of grade school and other typical school-age ventures. In the summer of 2007 Lega-c got very serious about his music and decided his goal was to release a mixtape to the masses to show how well he could flow. After many hardships and setbacks, Lega-c finally released his debut mixtape "The SmarTrip Chronicles" in November of 2009.