Following his mother's death, his father began working as an ordained minister and missionary , causing them both to move frequently throughout the United States. Daystar's nickname "Lanez" was given to him by Hakeem, as a comment on Daystar's thrill seeking tendencies, that sometimes saw him mucking around in the street, not looking for traffic and playing in the lanes. Daystar then was forced to return to Toronto with his grandmother. Since she refused to take care of him, he was on his own at the age of From like fifteen to eighteen, I was just fighting them.