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“I Felt Like My Mom Divorced Me”: A.J. Brown Recalls Past Struggles

Brown stated that his parents divorced when he was 11, which hit him hard. “I felt like my mom divorced me, too,” he recalled, adding that he was trying to get his parents' attention. He visited a juvenile detention center and spoke candidly to young men about his past. “I failed the seventh grade. That same year. I joined a gang called Gangster Disciples.”