Mr. Z'Quavius "Zae" Mashaud Ali Crain was born to Latoya Crain and Henry Johnson, both of Gulfport. He attended school in the Gulfport school district, where he was a standout football player. He worked at Subway and Salute's before heading to college. He was an early incoming freshman at East Mississippi Community College, where he was seeking his education as well as playing football.

He was preceded in death by his father Henry Ali Johnson and Grandfather Henry Lee Johnson, Grandmother Gwendolyn Ray, and by this great-grand father Herbert Crain.

His memories will be cherished by his beautiful mother Latoya Crain, brothers Zander Carter, Malik Johnson, Henry Ali Johnson II, Henry Rashad Galloway, and sisters Whitney Johnson, Ariana Harrell, and Kishuna Carter, along with a host of aunts, cousins, uncles, his great-grandmother, and other extended family.