David R Terrell was born and raised in Los Angeles California He is the oldest of his mothers five children David attended Thomas Jefferson High School and was a highly competitive twosport athlete in basketball and baseball He was one of the highest ranked pitchers in the Los Angeles Southern League Don Newcomb Cy Young award winner of the Dodgers scouted several of his games and offered young David a walk on opportunity with the Dodgers However his good pitching skills and youthful arrogance led him to believe the Dodgers would wait on him so after showing up two weeks late to camp he was quickly shown the exit door He learned a valuable lesson from that experience David now lives life at full throttle He went on to drive buses for 25 years with the Metropolitan Transit Authority formerly known as RTD Simultaneously he danced on Soul Train for 9 years 19821991 and was considered one of Don Cornelius favorite featured Soul Train line dancers