Born on a US military base in Wiesbaden, Germany, ScHoolboy Q went back to America early. At school, Quincy Matthew Hanley stands out for his great football talent, and though he doesn't actually face any particular adversity or difficult circumstances, he soon finds himself looking into the deep social abyss of Los Angeles. He joins the 52 Hoover Crips and deals prescription painkillers. In the end, ScHoolboy Q ends up first behind bars and then in house arrest for a few months.
.The rapper processes the experience in 2008 in his first mixtape "ScHoolboy Turned Hustla" and thus gains the attention of Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, who as a label boss already has greats like Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock under contract and is immediately convinced of the young talent.
With the following two records "Setbacks" (2011) and "Habits