Dallas waaka was born in the Waikato Hamilton New Zealand,an later moved to Rotorua,Bay of plenty.He is Maori descent Ngati Pikiao proud,an was raised on the East side of Rotorua,Mourea,Owhata,Te ngae.He stayed with his grandfather/Koro the late Te Napi Waaka.He started off at Whangamarino primary.His parents Taharakau (Te Arawa descent) & Helen Waaka-Toa (Tainui descent) were divorced at a young age he was later removed from his high school (Rotorua Boys High School) at the age of 15 for selling narcotic’s & tobacco to students he was then sent to Eastside training with Rick Wiringi were he was trained for 3 months before finding employment in the forestry for C.N.I. Dallas moved around a lot from house to house he was a known name to police a member of the East siders an his friends & family where affiliated with New Zealand’s biggest gang (The Mongrel Mob) his closet friends to him where starting to go in and out of prison He then was told about a place called Australia an saw Australia as a opportunity after his youth record was cleared he toke his 1st flight out of the country but what he thought he left home followed him across the sea.
Dallas 1st became attracted to American hip hop rap music from his older cousin Shaun George after listening to snoop doggy dog’s October 10th 1993 single what’s my name.