Hiekaleez was born in 1979 to his fifteen-year-old mother. In 1997, he received the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship, a full scholarship to North Carolina Central Univer...view moreHiekaleez was born in 1979 to his fifteen-year-old mother. In 1997, he received the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship, a full scholarship to North Carolina Central University. On December 13, 2002, he received a BA in History and on January 5, 2003, he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.view less