Scott was born in Lafayette, Louisiana,the son of an Elvis impersonator and is of 1/4th Japanese descent. Drew has stated that he started singing when he was about five years old after hearing Michael Jackson's "Ben". Scott says he would "sing for neighbors and friends" and progressively kept singing.Scott attended High School at performing arts high school, Las Vegas Academy where he was a member of the schools pop choir. While there Drew formed a music group with two friends, who went on to become winners of MTV's reality show Say What? Karaoke, a reality-TV show where ordinary people would sing well known songs in front of a crowd and would be judged on how they did by well known celebrities.