Last Child of Barbara and Kevin Jackson, Justin Michael Lee Jackson learned first hand the hardships of life. His entire family was spawned from poverty and minimalism as foster children in the unforgiving streets of Brooklyn. "My father jokes a lot about it. I guess to make light of the obvious pain he feels", Justin recalls. "My pops says that after all the abuse and after all those years of disconnection, the state gave him $17 and a bus ticket to Albany, at the age of 17." Who knew that that ticket would be the beginning of an epic place in history? You see, there was someone else coming from the same environment, with the same goals and vision. “My mother is an enigma to the average world FAM. She came from nothing and no one and still possessed the drive to do great things. She earned 2 Masters Degrees and bought a home to raise her children in. She knew how hard it was to grow up without a place to call your own." Although his father and mother's time together was short-lived, it paved the way for invaluable life lessons and teachings in life. "My pops left early, you know. I was barely knee high! It's cool though. It wasn't his fault. I mean, how could a man raise a family if he didn't know what family was."