A. Drew Hammond was born on the west side of Baltimore, Maryland in 1964. His family lived in the Edmondson Village community. He attended public schools in Maryland and South Carolina. Outside of the standard curricula art class in school, Drew never had any formal art training. His work focuses on expressing the people in the African American diaspora, which is an important and personal undertaking in a society filled with disregard. Of his medium versatility, his most expressive works are his collages which provoke thought and create visual disputation and resolve.