LeBron was born in 1984; in other words, he's a product of the crack-cocaine epidemic. He was an inner-city kid, born and raised by a single mother in Akron: one of the meanest cities in America.
You know how black guys went from Prince, Lionel Ritchie, and Luther Vandross to NWA, Wu-Tang Clan, and Mobb Deep?
Crack.
LeBron's a manifestation of that gangsta-rap, street-style toughness.