When he was 10 years old, his mother took him and his younger brother Victor back to her hometown of Chicago, Illinois, due to domestic conflicts.
[1] Luter graduated from Whitney Young Magnet High School in 1996.
Lava and Luter had attended Whitney M. Young together and continued to work together as a group named "TheSpotter and TheShooter".
Luter then released The Mickstape Vol.1—Hustle Harder and collaborated with producer SC.
[citation needed] In 2007, Luter signed a recording deal with Epic Records after winning a national competition for unsigned performers sponsored by Music Nation and SESAC.