Allstar JR

Prevalent themes in the music of this confident and prolific Detroit, Michigan rapper who emerged in the 2010s are crime, money, and street life. Despite his family's roots lying on the other side of the city, Jeremy Ford grew up with his mother and two younger brothers on Detroit's east side. When he was only six years old, his father began a ten-year sentence for drug trafficking. As he grew, he found father figures in basketball coaches and a middle school math teacher, but he ultimately fell into crime. At the age of 19, Ford was placed in prison for a year and a half on a...