You can take the thug out of the hood but not the hood out of the thug!
This is exactly the kind of bull that always takes discussions off the rail. The guy was born and raised in an upper-middle class community and was never in a gang. So, there was no "thug" or "hood" in this instance. Mentally challenged? Yes. Cowardly for taking his own life and not facing his life-changing and savage choices? Yes. Thug-life gansta' from the hood? No!