His father left him when he was still an infant, and his mother abused him and neglected him while using drugs. It shaped his entire life, but perhaps also led to his creative expression. Today the is one of the biggest stars in the music business – a pioneer who will be remembered as one of the greatest ever.
While we won’t remember everything, childhood sets the bar for the rest of our lives. Memories remain, but many other things are vital during those early years to get the best possible prerequisites for the future.
Being taught to respect others, be polite, take responsibility, or simply be nice to those around us is important. With this, a great responsibility is on the parents. Sadly, not every child gets that, and they are being raised in abusive homes. It is something that never should happen, but sadly, it does.
While many children, heartbreakingly, are scarred for life and don’t climb out of the darkness from what was an abusive childhood, others have. One who did so through his creative expression, becoming one of the biggest stars in the world.
He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, but His father left him and his mother when he was an infant. Over the years, he wrote him letters, but their relationship remained nonexistent.
They’d tell me he was a good guy: ‘We don’t know what your mother’s told you, but he was a good guy,’” he recalled in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine. “But a lot of times he’d call, and I’d be there — maybe I’d be on the floor coloring or watching TV — and it wouldn’t have been nothing for him to say, ‘Put him on the phone.’” He coulda talked to me, let me know something.”
Abandoned by his father and bullied in school, he was beaten unconscious at age 9
“Cause as far as father figures, I didn’t have any in my life. My mother had a lot of boyfriends,” he continued. “Some of ’em I didn’t like; some of ’em were cool. But a lot would come and go. My little brother’s dad was probably the closest thing I had to a father figure. He was around off and on for about five years. He was the dude who’d play catch, take us bowling, just do stuff that dads would do.”
Instead, he was raised by his mother, but she had a hard time finding steady work. Therefore, they were forced to constantly move between Missouri and Detroit.
