He grew up in a family impoverished by the 38-year incarceration of his father under [[California]]'s brutal Three Strikes and You're Out Law.<ref>https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/3strikes.html</ref> CJ's home with his mother and siblings was a cramped apartment above a storage facility, and was reportedly even nearly or actually homeless for a time. CJ was quoted as saying about his father: | He grew up in a family impoverished by the 38-year incarceration of his father under [[California]]'s brutal Three Strikes and You're Out Law.<ref>https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/3strikes.html</ref> CJ's home with his mother and siblings was a cramped apartment above a storage facility, and was reportedly even nearly or actually homeless for a time. CJ was quoted as saying about his father: |