Nissim Baruch Black Was born in December 9, 1986, as Damian Jamohl Black, in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in the Seward Park neighborhood. His parents, James "Captain Crunch" Croone and Mia Black, were both rappers and members of, respectively, the Emerald Street Boys and Emerald Street Girls in the late '70s. His grandparents had also been musicians. He was raised a Sunni Muslim but was non-practicing, and converted to Christianity at age 14 after attending an Evangelical summer camp. His parents separated when he was two; his mother took him with her and remarried short