Ivory H. Blue II was born August 3, 1973 in the Women's Hospital in Nevada to Theresa Blue and Ivory Blue I. Blue has three sisters, Marian, Hope, and Katrina. Both of Blue's parents worked when he was a child. His mother worked throughout the Westside at restaurants and as a caregiver. His father Ivory Blue worked as a bailiff and later a civil engineer. Blue grew up in the Westside Projects in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blue went to grade school in Las Vegas and in the 1990s enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.