GROWING UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, HE INSTANTLY BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE BRUTAL CUSTOMS OF THE STREETS. WHILE SEARCHING FOR RESOLUTION AND UNDERTAKING MANY SETBACKS MAURICE BEGAN WRITING POETRY, EXPRESSING HIM SELF THROUGH PEN AND PAPER EMBRACING ALL OF LIFE’S EXPERIENCES, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO THE BIRTH OF HIS RHYMES. THE STREETS BECAME HIS REINFORCEMENT, PROVIDING HE WITH BOTH COMFORT AND CONTINUOUS INSPIRATION TO WHAT HAS BECAME HIS WORK. MAURICE WAS GIVEN THE NAME U SITY AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO HIS HOMETOWN STREET, UNIVERSITY AVENUE .IN EFFORT TO PART FROM THE UNCONSTRUCTIVENESS, HE RELOCATED TO MINNESOTA WHERE HE ATTENDS SCHOOL AND CONTINUES TO WRITE. IN ADDITION TO HIS LOCAL PERFORMANCES, PROFESSIONAL INTERACTIONS THROUGH OUT THE INDUSTRY, AND CONTINUAL PERSONAL GROWTH. THE MOUNTING REPUTATION FOR THE CHARISMATIC ARTIST U –SITY WILL SIMPLY GROW