A
A LITTLE
A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO NORTH SHORE?
SHORE?
SHORE? >>
SHORE? >> YES, LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO
NORTH SHORE.
NORTH SHORE. >> YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN
ENTERTAINER AND YOU LOVED
WATCHING MICHAEL JACKSON AND
YOU DID A YOUTUBE VIDEO.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> GROWING UP I ALWAYS LOOKED
UP TO MICHAEL JACKSON.
EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM.
I WANTED TO BE A GANG MIKE BACK
THEN.
THEN.
THEN. >>
THEN. >> I KNEW EVERY BEAT AND EVERY
MOVE.
MOVE.
MOVE. >>
MOVE. >> NOT ONLY A DANCER AND MUSIC.
>> I WAS A REFLECTION OF HIM
BACKBEND.
BACKBEND.
BACKBEND. >> AND YOU ALSO WATCHED THE
DISNEY CHANNEL AND ONE DAY MADE
A DECLARATION TO YOUR MAMA.
>> I WAS ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD
AND IT WAS ME AND MY SISTER MY
MOM IN A BOSTON TERRIER NAMED
SUGAR AND HE WAS SO ENERGETIC.
HAD BEGGED AND PLEADED TO MY
MOM TO PLEASE STOP ME AND
ACTING THAT NINE YEARS OLD.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT.
BUT I AIN'T GOING TO WASTE MY
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. >>
MONEY. >> AND THE FIRST GIG YOU LANDED
WAS A COMMERCIAL AND GROWING UP
IN TEXAS EVERYBODY LOVED
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL. >> WHEN WE SEE COMMERCIAL IT'S
30 SECONDS BUT IT TAKES LONGER
TO MAKE IT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO ACT?
>> EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNGER I
ALWAYS CAME IN PREPARED.
>> YOU CAME IN PREPARED AND
THEN ONE THE STARRING ROLE IN
DAVID MAKES MAN.
WE'VE SEEN THE PREVIEWS.
BACK HOME, ARE YOU HAVING A
BUNCH OF EXTRA FAMILY MEMBERS
CALL YOU --
>> WHAT KEEPS YOU GROUNDED?
>> MY MOTHER AND MY FAMILY AND
MY SIBLINGS.
MY SIBLINGS. THEY REMIND ME TO KEEP BEING
MYSELF.
MYSELF.
MYSELF. >> DAVID MAKES MAN, GIVE US THE
PLOT.
PLOT.
PLOT. >>
PLOT. >> A 14-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY AND
GROSS UP IN THE INNER CITY OF
MIAMI AND HE IS STUCK BETWEEN
WHERE HE WAS RAISED AND A
HIGHER FORM OF EDUCATION AND
HAS TO USE THE POWER OF
IMAGINATION.
IMAGINATION. >> AND IT REFLECTS A LOT OF
SITUATIONS AND IT'S PART OF THE
COMING-OF-AGE.
COMING-OF-AGE. WHEN YOU WERE DOING A SERIES
LIKE THIS AND IT BRINGS WITH IT
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
RESPONSIBILITY WHAT IS THAT YOU
HOPE TO DO WITH THE ROLE?
>> I WOULD HOPE TO BE A VOICE
FOR THE DAVIDS OF THE WORLD.
SOMEONE WHO THINKS IT'S NOT
OKAY TO CRY BUT IT IS OKAY TO
CRY AS A YOUNG BLACK MAN.
>> TAKE US BACK TO THE TRYOUT
BECAUSE HE HAD SOME PRETTY
PICKY PEOPLE.
PICKY PEOPLE. OPRAH BEING ONE OF THEM.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
I GOT A CALL BACK TO ATLANTA
AND WHEN I GOT TO ALLAY I
THOUGHT I'VE GOT TO BRING IT
HOME NOW.
HOME NOW.
HOME NOW. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME IN LA AND
I WAS SUPER NERVOUS.
I WAS JUST NERVOUS AND THEY
TOLD ME TO LET IT GO AND I DID.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK YOU GOT THE
ROLE?
ROLE?
ROLE? >>
ROLE? >> I PUT MYSELF INTO DAVID AND
I SAW MYSELF IN HIM, RAISED
WITH SINGLE MOTHER AND HOW HE
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE
BACKBONE FOR HIS MOTHER.
I COULD RELATE AND I PUT MYSELF
IN THE CHARACTER AND BECAME
DAVID.
DAVID.
DAVID. >>
DAVID. >> YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD SENSE
OF YOURSELF AND THE SINCERITY
SHOWS THROUGH THE SCREEN.
YOU SAID RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM
AND SHE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> SHE ALWAYS WORKED MULTIPLE
JOBS AND I NEVER WANTED HER TO
HAVE AN EXTRA PROBLEM WITH ME
AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE
BEST.
BEST.
BEST. >>
BEST. >> YOU'VE GOT YOUR AIR-
CONDITIONED JEANS ON AND IN
HOUSTON YOU HAVE TO WEAR AIR-
CONDITIONED JEANS.
CONDITIONED JEANS. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR OTHER
DREAMS?
DREAMS?
DREAMS? >> I'M VERY INTO PASSION BUT I
LOVE ACTING AND I WOULD LIKE TO
DO A BLOCKBUSTER OF SOME SORT
AND CONTINUE WITH THE STORY.
>> EVERY NOW AND THEN I DO MY
THING A LITTLE BIT.
>> I'M CHILLING ON THE SHOW I'M
ON TV A SHADOW TO MY MAMA.
>> WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK
. THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.
A SHOUT OUT TO ALL YOUR NORTH
SHORE FRIENDS.
SHORE FRIENDS. >> AND WE ARE COMING FOR THE
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN.