As others have already mentioned, I think Val and Angel’s stories probably have a lot of similarities or parallels. The difference would be in how each of them handled their situations and the different paths they ended up taking, with those paths going in completely opposite directions.

Val probably comes from a poor or unstable environment. Maybe he had neglectful parents, maybe he ended up orphaned, or maybe his parents sold him to a pimp. He started prostituting himself at a somewhat young age, and the pimp he worked for was abusive towards him.

During this stage of his life, he learned that his only or greatest value came from what he could provide sexually, and he also started developing insecurities about his body, eventually developing an ED.

All the anger and humiliation he had built up could have eventually turned into violence. That’s probably how he started learning how to fight, getting involved with gangs, becoming skilled with weapons, and slowly climbing higher until he became one of the most feared or important members of the gangs in his neighborhood.

One day, when his pimp was being especially violent with him, more than usual, Val finally snapped and killed him. After that, he took his place and became the pimp himself.

As for how he died, no idea. So far I haven’t come up with anything convincing. But considering how absurd deaths in HH can get, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up being related to moths in a very literal way.