Born Garner Remy, GunDei grew up in Port au Prince, Haiti during the Baby Doc era in the 80’s. Despite the clichés about Haiti, GunDei was nurtured by church going parents, one an accountant and the other a psychologist. GunDei learned his English by devouring the encyclopedias his mother brought back from her professional foreign trips. Though education set the Remys apart, the family lived in the poor areas where unrest was the order of the day. GunDei remembers when leaving elementary school in the afternoon meant dodging the spray of random gunfire between Duvallier’s tonton macoutes and members of the opposition. When integrity put the Remys at risk the family fled Haiti in search of something better. Life in North America was a culture-shock for GunDei. For all the violence of life back home it was in the US that GunDei first flirted with crime. The Miami Beach High school he was enrolled in did little to hold his attention; GunDei was...