Darone Okolie,Darone Nkem Okolie, also known as Ron, was born on January 31, 1994 in Washington, D.C. to Sheila Lucas and Alexander Okolie. His father is Nigerian. Since, Ron was born he considered John Ellis Nabinett Jr as his father (Police Officer & Former Football coach) While growing up, Ron traveled out of D.C. as much as possible because of the violence.