
Even at a young age while growing up in Miami, Florida, Núñez appreciated art. He apprenticed at a neighborhood tattoo shop and explored graffiti. He liked sketching on walls in his community, using an assortment of colors but especially blue, according to The Cinemaholic. Núñez credits his parents for his success because of their unmitigated support (even of graffiti) and his first tattoo at 16 was of their names. His father, who passed away when Núñez was 18, often told him to "Ride or Die" in his pursuit of success.
After his father's death, Núñez entered a dark and self-destructive period of his life defined by rebelliousness. With the help of his mother, by his late 20s he managed to turn his bitterness and frustration into academic success, and soon got his life back on track.
For Núñez, tattoos are just another way to explore his interest in art. "I think tattooing has kind of hit an almost a Renaissance form of art," he said to the Miami New Times. "You have so many crossover artists; you have so many graffiti artists that became tattoo artists, you have sign painting, classic painting, pop painters, all these different art forms. Even fashion, clothing — they all kind of fuse. A lot of people have found inspiration from tattoos and have drawn inspiration from tattooers for their personal art."
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