all three members of n-dubz were born in camden town, north london, and two of them are of greek-cypriot heritage. they each attended several different schools, meeting together for the first time when they were about 13 at haverstock school, and coming together as a group for the first time at about this age under the management of dappy's father, byron contostavlos (formerly of mungo jerry), who died on 12 april 2007. they had a hard upbringing, living on tough estates and experienced a lot first-hand as teenagers, including violence, depression, drug abuse, extreme financial difficulty, bullying, and gang culture.