Amari Bailey | Before They Were Famous | Biography of Drake's Stepson

BEFORE he would dream of becoming an NBA superstar and briefly look
up to Drake as a father-figure, Amari Bailey was born on February
17th, 2004 in the city of Chicago, Illinois, to his parents Johanna
Leia and Aaron Bailey. Not unlike his son, Aaron Bailey is a former
professional athlete who cut his teeth playing for Louisville
University before eventually going pro as a member of the
Indianapolis Colts whom he played for across five seasons. Amari’s
dad didn’t play all that much with the starting line-up and served
more as a kick-returner on special teams, but there was this one
time that he almost caught a game-winning pass at the end of the 95
AFC Championship game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. For the most
part however, Amari was primarily raised by his mother Johanna
alongside his sister, Savanna. Johanna is a former model and
current brand ambassador-slash-entrepreneur who split from Aaron
during Amari’s childhood and pursued entertainment opportunities
for herself and her kids like the Lifetime series “Bringing Up
Ballers”. This reality show aired back in 2017 and followed five
Chicago-based families as they sacrificed and struggled to support
their promising up-and-coming basketball playing sons. Think
“Basketball Wives” meets “Dance Moms” and you’ve got a pretty good
sense of what this show was like. It was an unusual level of
exposure for a teenaged athlete, but it helped Amari share his
basketball talents with the rest of the world and he appreciates
everything his mother has done for him throughout his life,
including offering shooting technique advice.