On March 16, 1981, Danny Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father was 16 and his mother was 18 at the time. His dad is partially Filipino. Brown’s mother would read Dr. Seuss books to him when he was a youngster, and when he first started speaking, he would do it in rhyme.
This gave rise to Brown’s talent for rhyme at a very young age. Brown was introduced to all the music that his father, a house DJ, would play as well as artists like Roy Ayers, LL Cool J, Esham, and A Tribe Called Quest. His young parents made an effort to protect him from the gang and street mayhem in Detroit.
His family benefited from the support of his two grandmothers. While employed by Chrysler, his maternal grandmother purchased four or five homes, which we still own now. On that block, she is the owner of three adjacent homes.
In the middle house, she raised her three children as well as numerous others. To the left, she purchased a long-time neighbor’s house for cash in the 1990s, and to the right, she inherited her parents’ house after they passed away.
On the east side of Detroit, she also owned two additional homes, one of which Brown was reared in. His aunt and her family resided in the fifth home, which was likewise on the east side.