Steven was born on March 3, 1967 into a single-parent family in one of Chicago's dangerous Southside housing projects. He later moved to, and subsequently grew up in Harvey, Illinois where he graduated from Thornton Township High School in 1984. He is a double degree high honors graduate of Thornton Community College (now South Suburban College), and a Cum Laude graduate of Chicago State University with a B.A. in history and a minor in political science. Steven is the author of the highly acclaimed book "Words From An Unchained Mind," and contributed to the Black Bestseller "Rodney King And more...
