

I would smoke before practice, get on the court and drop 30." He stopped playing basketball after a disagreement with his coach, and then dedicated his time to music. That was the time I was really ducking school and it was all hoop and no rap. In an interview with The Fader Carti said "I was a young AI and didn't go to practice. Before rap, Carter wanted to become an NBA star to try and make something of himself. He attended North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs. Nobody could tell me shit." This type of lifestyle influenced Carter to get into trouble as a youth and sway away from the idea of pursuing a higher level of education after high school. In a 2016 interview with Complex he stated, "My ma couldn't tell me shit. Jordan Terrell Carter was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Fairburn, Georgia.
