Born Douglas Ford, Dougie F., was born on January 25 in 1990 in Orange, NJ to a newlywed mother and a father he talks to often but rarely sees. As the second-born son and middle child, growing up, he aspired to be like his older brother who battle rapped. After trial and fail with music and basketball, Dougie started joining ciphers, freestyling, producing beats, and, over time, developing his personal style of music while enrolled at Virginia Union University in Richmond Virginia.