"5ive" born Ja’Maar D. Johnson was his mother’s one and only son. He had so many nicknames. He would say “You can call me Flyboy 5ive, The Kid, Jay Jay the Jet plane, Jay, or just 5ive. Whatever you want to do, but if you don’t know me, it's Mr. Ja'Maar Johnson to you!“ He loved music, writing songs, rapping, drawing, playing football and lacrosse. He loved the color red. His life long dream was to be a rap or football star and make his family proud. He had the most amazing smile, a larger than life personality and so many different talents.
In October of 2009 a tragedy happened. As a victim of community violence he suffered a gunshot wound to the neck. The surgeon had to leave the bullet in because of where it had positioned itself. That was the beginning of Ja'Maar's battle with opioids. He quickly became addicted to the opioid painkiller that was prescribed to him by the doctor.