JA Pérez was born in a small village named El Gabriel, in the province of
Havana, Cuba. He has two younger brothers. His father, Armando Pérez Martín, is a
radiologist; his mother, Teresita Juana María Hernandez, is an English teacher and
controller for an American
tobacco company. His twin younger brothers suffered from health problems as children, requiring frequent hospitalizations. Consequently, Pérez spent most of his childhood years under the care of his maternal grandparents, Francisco Venâncio Hernandez and Hilda Alfonso. == Early influences ==