Zer0, The Unknown was born Najee Paul Achong in Columbia, South Carolina in 1992. He grew up in the northeastern region, loving music thanks to his Trinidadian grandmother, and would even perform scenes from musical movies such as The Temptations for her parties. His love for art grew as he became an anime fan after watching Akira, quickly realizing at the age of 5 that art was bigger than his local boundaries. On December 21, 2009, at the age of 17, he decided to start rapping and released his first mixtape, Metr0 HaZe Vol. 1. - Christian Sillon