He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness but became disillusioned with the faith after an incident where he was hit by a drunk driver while crossing the street. Īs a child, Simmons suffered greatly from bronchial asthma, being taken to the emergency room almost nightly due to him waking up unable to breathe. Barker moved to Philadelphia and was largely absent from his life. His father, Barker, was an artist who painted watercolor paintings of street scenes to sell at local fairs. Earl was Simmons' second child she had given birth to a daughter, Bonita, two years prior, and later gave birth to one daughter, Shayla, and two stillborn sons. He was the son of 19-year-old Arnett Simmons and 18-year-old Joe Barker.
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