Born in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, Inspectah Deck moved to East New York before settling down in Staten Island at age 12. It was in Staten Island where he first hooked up with his Wu-Tang conglomerate attending public school with Raekwon, U-God, Method Man, and Cappadonna. A well rounded honor role student and athlete, using his inbred common sense to play defense in football and a power forward in basketball, it was only natural that he used his verbal abilities to start rhyming.
