Interview · moment 8 of 25
Growing Up Poor in Redlands and a Brother in Prison
from #223 - Lil Xan | The Tim Dillon Show · #223
3 min
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Lil Xan recounts losing his grandmother's caretaker checks and ending up living in motels as a teenager, and reveals his half-brother is currently in prison for attempted murder.
- Growing up poor in San Bernardino, hit a rough patch after grandmother passed away at 99.
- Family relied on caretaker checks to pay rent; when grandmother died, they moved into motels.
- Tim was around 18 or 19 years old, living in one-bedroom motel rooms infested with cockroaches.
- It's expensive to be poor in America—motels charge weekly rates, adding up fast without credit or savings.
- Half-brother is in prison for attempted murder, gets out next year.
- Brother is a good person who got mixed up in drugs; Tim hopes he's changed.
- Tim hasn't visited him in a long time due to distance, plans to see him when he's released next year.
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