<P> Metta World Peace was born Ronald William Artest Jr. on November 13, 1979, and raised in the Queensbridge projects in Queens, New York . He has two younger brothers, Isaiah and Daniel . He played high school basketball at La Salle Academy . He also teamed with future NBA players Elton Brand and Lamar Odom on the same Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team . </P> <P> Growing up, Artest witnessed the murder of a fellow player on a basketball court in Niagara Falls, New York . "It was so competitive, they broke a leg from a table and they threw it, it went right through his heart and he died right on the court . So I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough ." The player to whom Artest was referring was 19 - year - old Lloyd Newton, who was stabbed in the back with a broken - off table leg during an altercation at a 1991 YMCA - sanctioned basketball tournament . </P> <P> Artest played college basketball at St. John's University from 1997 to 1999 . At St. John's, he majored in mathematics . In 1999, he led the Red Storm to a 14 - 4 record in the Big East Conference and 28 - 9 overall and the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I Tournament, losing to Ohio State . </P> <P> Artest gained fame playing in some of New York City's high - profile summer basketball tournaments at Nike Pro City, Hoops in the Sun at Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York and Dyckman Park at Washington Heights, earning himself nicknames such as Tru Warier and The New World Order, a name he received from Randy Cruz (one of the co-founders of the Hoops In The Sun basketball league at Orchard Beach). </P>

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