When he was six years old, his parents, who are both of Afro-Surinamese descent, went through a divorce with the result that his mother moved to Amsterdam.
ໃນເວລາທີ່ລາວອາຍຸ 6 ປີ, ພໍ່ແມ່ຂອງລາວ, ຜູ້ທີ່ມີທັງພັນທະມິດ Afro-Surinamese, ໄດ້ຜ່ານການຢ່າຮ້າງກັບຜົນທີ່ແມ່ຂອງລາວຍ້າຍໄປເມືອງ Amsterdam.