BORN and RAISED in DETROIT MI, where superstars as marvin gaye,stevie wonder and slim shady and a host of others who exploded to super stardom from the legendary MOTOWN. DOOBIE, who grew up listening to 2pac, Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls was inspired to start rapping at the young tender age of 10.DOOBIE'S dad built a studio in their home and Doobie would sit and watch his dad all day and night produce tracks for other groups that would come to thier home.one day Doobie was heard rapping in his bedroom by his father and was asked to come rap on a track,surprisingly Doobie begin spitting lyrics with such power and melodies with strong hook lines that shocked his father so much that his dad decided to do an album on Doobie.his dad use to sneak him into open mic clubs around the city of detroit and the crowd would go crazy and be amazed at this kids performances and powerful lyrics.Doobie never had any stage fear about himself while performing on stage with ludicris,young guns,roy jones jr.and many more.subsequently