On February 11th, in Hamilton, OH a little boy that would learn to grow up quickly was born. Given the name Maurice Wells at birth this young man would go through several names over the years before deciding on SIR MOJ as his final alias. Maurice and his family left Ohio shortly after his birth for Detroit, MI. His family stayed in Detroit until MOJ was about 6 when they headed out to California. Cali is where this young boy would soon become a man. They spent a short amount of time in East Oakland before finally making their way to the South Bay. San Jose is the city they headed to first then they finally settled in Milpitas. Milpitas would eventually be the city he called home. He finished out his schooling in Milpitas and graduated from Milpitas High. Soon after graduation he decided to go to De Anza College to obtain an AA. After that he went onto San Diego State to receive his BA in business. MOJ wrote his first rap in 1986 after watching a Run DMC and Heavy D video that inspired him.