Mekz One was born and raised in the industrialized West Kensington section of North Philadelphia. Known for it's poverty-stricken, crack-infested neighborhoods and low-income housing projects administered by
"Reaganomics", Mekz spent most of his childhood life on welfare, his mother constantly struggling to raise three kids under the harsh economic conditions of the 80's. Despite growing up poor, Mekz always had his head in the clouds and a active imagination, creating new ways to pass the t...