Lance , who was one of 12 children , moved with his family on the northwest side of Chicago in the Cabrini-Green projects , a high-crime area , as a child where he developed a boyhood friendship with Otis Leavill , both attending Wells High School .
Lance moved with his family on the northwest side of Chicago in the Cabrini-Green projects , where there was a lot of crime in the area , as a child .