During his lifetime, Davis stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in San Juan. However, in the 2003 biography In Black and White, author Wil Haygood wrote that Davis's mother was born in New York City to Cuban parents who were of Afro-Cuban background, and that Davis claimed he was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban backlash would hurt his record sales.
As an infant, he was reared by his paternal grandmother. When he was three years old, his parents separated.
His father, not wanting to lose custody of his son, took him on tour.ĭavis learned to dance from his father and his godfather Will Mastin. CHRISTMAS THEMED INTERRACIAL GAY MIDGET PORN TVĭavis joined the act as a child, and they became the Will Mastin Trio.
