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==Early life and childhood== k-os was born at [[St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto|St. Michael's Hospital]] in Toronto. He and his two younger brothers Joshua and Andrew Richard were raised by [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]] [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] parents. His father was a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] at two congregations in the [[Greater Toronto Area]].<ref name="now1">{{cite news|first=Matt |last=Galloway |title=K-OS |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-11-15/cover_story.html |work=[[Now (newspaper)|NOW]] |access-date=October 19, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616011758/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-11-15/cover_story.html |archive-date=June 16, 2006 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=January 2010}} k-os moved along with his family to Trinidad while he was in grade three. In Trinidad, k-os surrounded himself with music to deal with being away from Canada.<ref name="youth">{{cite news |author = Del F. Cowie |title = K-OS: Organised K-OS |url = https://exclaim.ca/music/article/organised_k-os |work = [[Exclaim!]] |date = January 31, 2002 |access-date = November 10, 2017}}</ref> He returned to Canada with his mother in his teen years, taking up residence in [[Whitby, Ontario]], a town east of Toronto, while attending [[Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smackmedia.ca/deep-cuts/boshido |title=Review: k-os - Boshido |last=Betteridge-Moes |first=Maxine |date=June 3, 2020 |website=Smack Media |access-date=October 13, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130151520/https://www.smackmedia.ca/deep-cuts/boshido |archive-date=November 30, 2021}}</ref> His father temporarily stayed behind in Trinidad to continue his work.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} His father worked as a [[computer engineer]] and became Director of Communications for [[BWIA West Indies Airways|BWIA]], the national Trinidadian airline, while his mother owned a cosmetics company.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Growing up, k-os was a fan of artists and groups as diverse as [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Depeche Mode]], [[Rx Bandits]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Boogie Down Productions]], [[Slick Rick]], [[A Tribe Called Quest]], and [[The Beatles]].{{Failed verification|date=January 2010}}<ref name="now1" /> He said that he was "insecure" in high school and he pursued his musical ambitions because after performing at an assembly in his high school gym he realized performing attracted people towards him and it made him feel "powerful and ... secure".<ref>{{cite news|first=Amy |last=O'Brian |title=Hip-hop artist known as k-os seeking, not always finding peace |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=9a5edf80-688d-42db-9b86-13e208a8cafc |work=[[The Vancouver Sun]] |date=October 7, 2006 |access-date=October 19, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102210008/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=9a5edf80-688d-42db-9b86-13e208a8cafc |archive-date=November 2, 2007 }}</ref> In 1992, he attended [[Carleton University]] in Ottawa for one semester to please his father.<ref name="ottawa">{{cite news |author = Fateema Sayani |title = K-Os, as the spirit moves him |work = [[Ottawa Citizen]] |date = October 7, 2006 }}</ref> He returned to Toronto and enrolled into [[York University]]. Being friends with Nigel Williams, a member of the band [[Pocket Dwellers]], Nigel encouraged k-os to continue to develop his musical abilities when he was confronted with "difficult forays".<ref name="youth" />
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