Jibril Ali Goodman was born in Philadelphia April 2, 1985 in Philadelphia Pa. He is the eighth and last child by his father Jimmie Murphy who is a business owner and mechanic in Philadelphia, and he is the second oldest of five children by his mother Michele Goodman who was a CNA. Jibril always wanted to act but instead went to college for Networking Systems Administration and graduated on the dean's list. His first movie he was in is creed as a boxing spectator.