Billy Blanks, real name Arthur Flattop, grew up on the mean streets of Kalamazoo, Michigan. As an infant, Billy was found abandoned in a dressing room in JCPenny’s young men’s department. He was adopted by the store and for many years called the store manager “Mother”. Billy would have a tough time in school. Children would call him “Yellow eyes” or “Fag that wears leotards to school”. One day while in Kalamazoo’s “Little Pakistan” neighborhood he came across an old man who sold him some “ancient magic fighting powder”. The next day he went to school and ripped a teachers arm off. After being arrested, his toxicology screen showed he had 2 ounces of Angel Dust in his system. Billy was sent to prison for one year because he was a minor and was caned on live television.