Going through his son's cancer diagnosis permanently changed his perspective and made him realize the true priorities of life.

“My son's cancer diagnosis rocked my world. It pulled a curtain from over my eyes, and um I don't want to get deeper into it, but I can tell you that um I don't think that I had what you're talking about. I don't think I had context. And that was a sledgehammer to my reality.”

He believes that signing a professional track contract was a life-saving decision that helped him avoid street violence.

“So me signing that contract saved my life. When I say save my life, it gave my kids the opportunity to get out the streets too.”

Geexeenash Urgee suffered significant hardships including poverty, loss of family assets, and health struggles throughout her life.

“That was because of hunger that you were suffering a lot because of hunger, it was a house like this, our house was sold, our house was sold, our money was gone, our hands were left”