- He graduated in 1995, from the University of Southern California's screenwriting program where he was a member of the African American Cinema Association.
- His mother, Brenda J. Penny, is a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
- He worked as a substitute teacher before getting his first writing job in television.
- Grew up in the Windsor Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles.
- His father ran a furniture business started by his grandfather in Compton.
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