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== Early life ==
Ronnie Aaron Killings was born on January 19, 1972, in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina (U.S. state)|North Carolina]]. To make extra money in his early 20s, Killings would sell cocaine on the streets for extra income. From a young age, Killings had developed a love for [[hip hop]] and [[breakdancing]] and attended [[Harding University High School|Harry P. Harding High School]] where he competed in [[American football|football]] alongside future [[Major league baseball|MLB]] second baseman [[Ray Durham]]. Killings also competed in track and field, and was talented at both sports, receiving various college scholarships, but turned them down to further pursue a career in music. Killings graduated high school at 18, but he also continued dealing drugs in order to help his music career financially and was arrested four different times, spending small amounts of time in jail before eventually spending 13 months incarcerated. Killings spoke in an interview with [[Lilian Garcia]] that after this incident, he was finished with that lifestyle.<ref name="wwewrestlerinfo.blogspot.com">{{cite web|url=http://wwewrestlerinfo.blogspot.com/2009/06/r-truth-bio.html|title=WWE Superstar Bios: R-Truth Bio|work=wwewrestlerinfo.blogspot.com}}</ref>