breed was raised in san francisco by her grandmother, comelia brown. along with her grandmother, she lived with her siblings in public housing. in an interview, london talks about remembering being a little girl in her unsafe community. she clearly remembers seeing glass all over the street floors and graffiti on all of the walls. london was a very smart young girl, she loved school and all of her teachers knew she had a bright future ahead of her. in her teen years, breed attended galileo high school and soon after, the university of california.