Watusi grew up in the Washington,D.C. area, but he spent much of his time visiting the inner city.He comes from a very musical family that helped him develop an eclectic ear.”I came up listening to a lot of different kinds of music,it wasn’t just hip-hop…a lot of Afrobeat.I grew up listening to Reggae, a lot of R&B,definitely Rock-n-Roll,Alternative Music, a lot of Funk/Soul,and Jazz .