where is bam adebayo from

Bam Adebayo is from Newark, New Jersey, USA, though he grew up in rural North Carolina.

He was born in Newark, New Jersey, which is listed as his hometown on official Team USA and Olympic profiles. When he was a child, he moved with his mother to eastern North Carolina, where he was raised and later became a highly touted high school basketball prospect in Pinetown and High Point Christian Academy.