H. Foley acknowledges that his family is somewhat trashy after realizing that his uncles cheered for a child who engaged in a fistfight.

“it was like that scene from Goodfellas that he popped his Cherry all the uncles were like yeah you [ __ ] them up I'm like god dude we are some [ __ ] Dirtbag”

Casey Rocket describes having a tumultuous childhood marked by frequent moving, parental instability, and significant behavioral issues.

“I would get kicked out of their houses like every day sure so yeah oh just being horrible [ __ ] robot being incor yeah lighting lies just being a monster it well just not listening to rules and whatever so you were a handful as a kid oh I was absolutely”

Dave Smith characterizes his upbringing in Brooklyn as having experienced periods of financial instability and transient living situations.

“I lived in I'm trying to count it up there okay 1 2 3 4 five six seven the circus nine nine no but it was all within this neighborhood coup like we just kept getting like kicked out in the apartment a couple landlords like we weren't going anywhere”

He believes having parents who lived in a nice house but were actually poor is a very quintessential American childhood experience.

“so poor people in an nice house exactly my childhood baby ain't nothing more American than that godamn it”

He asserts that his upbringing, characterized by extreme poverty and a lack of traditional schooling until the fifth grade, has led to a lifestyle where he avoids unnecessary hygiene practices like da

“I'm the only person I know that has no acid reflux no allergies never taken my lun mylanta never taken a tums never had heartburn has no foodborne allergies”

A pivotal experience in nursery school taught him to never again allow anyone to make him feel embarrassed or small.

“I remember being like four and I was in Nursery School and the teacher yelled at me or I got in trouble and I felt embarrassed I felt uncomfortable and I remember saying to myself at as a four-year-old I'm never going to feel embarrassed again ever”

A strong family foundation and community involvement during childhood helped him maintain his ambitions.

“I think for me like my family was like super important and always kind of kept my you know my ambitions you know big you know always been a big uh Daydreamer always always been a dreamer”

That Mexican OT views his childhood involvement in rap as a form of recess that helped shape his creative approach and ability to stay young at heart.

“I still feel like I'm a kid. I still feel like homeboy beating on the table and we're at the lunchroom and we just going in. My dad's a personal trainer and when he trains people, he tells them all the time. He tells them all the time, excuse me, you stop working out when they took recess out of you”

He believes his upbringing, which exposed him to both church ministry and street life, made him a well-rounded and versatile person.

“I wouldn't change my upbringing for nothing but for the reason that I got to see it all it I was well-rounded I was very well versed in the church and Ministry and all of that but I also you know got to see the street life up up close and personal too”

Alex Scott views her difficult upbringing and the trauma she experienced as essential components that shaped the person she is today.

“you have to take the good bits and the bad bits and it's what makes me me”