Kobe Bryant born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kobe Bryant is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father “Jellybean Joe” Bryant was a playground legend in Philly, and also played in the NBA and overseas.
Kobe grows up eating, sleeping, and breathing basketball, and scored 2883 points in high school which shattered the Pennsylvania schoolboy record set four decades earlier by Wilt Chamberlain. He has two sisters.