Mac Mall was born in Vallejo, California. Inspired at a young age by rap artists such as The Mac and Mac Dre, Mall pursued a hip-hop career and made the wildly successful album Illegal Business? at the age of sixteen. His second video, "Ghetto Theme," was even directed by the late Tupac Shakur.

With over twenty years in the music business, Mall has toured all over the world, released ten solo albums and two movies, and worked on hundreds of other projects.