David Webb was born in Baltimore in 1971. He was raised and attended public schools in West Baltimore. K-3rd Pimlico Elm, 4th and 5th 125 Furman L. Templeton, 6th Booker T. Washington, 6th – 8th graduated Mount Royal Middle, 9th Dunbar High.
As a kid, David loved sports, and began playing in leagues organized by the Rec Centeres (Robert Marshall, McCollough Homes, Murphy Homes, Lexington Terrace, Crispus Attucks) at age eight. David had no other dream but to play in the NBA. At 14, he got into the trouble that he is still paying for. He discovered literature and that he loved it in his late twenties, and began writing shortly afterward.