 How did you get into the entertainment business?
I have been working at this for a while, my first project I released was self-funded. I had a producer move into my house and set up his equipment and we recorded right there (laughing). I was determined to create the music I felt in my heart. We worked on the project for a year and then I hit the clubs. I performed anywhere with a sound system. It was a hustle. What is your favorite song to sing and why? My favorite song to sing would be Mary J. Blige's "Love No Limit". That song is so mellow and jazzy at the same time. I am a hopeless romantic so it's my favorite. I sang it at The Gentlemen's Ball in 2014. Tell us about your preparation before a performance. I practice a lot, I go through all the different scenarios that could possibly happen and try to prepare for them. The moments right before a performance I say a group prayer and then I pray privately. I am usually so nervous leading up to it. After the prayer, a calm comes over me and that nervous energy drives me.
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 Describe your style of creating your visual art.
I'm a multidisciplinary artist with a formal training in sculpture. My work is often heavily researched based, with my ideas formulated in response to something I have read. The work can take a variety of forms and employ a number of different methods, including: painting, sculpture, audio, video, performance and written text. What makes you so intentional with the messaging that your art features? I always work with a conscious intentionality about what I am sending into the world. The creation of images is a powerful act imbued with the potential to do great good or great harm. This duality weighs on me constantly and compels me to thoughtfully consider how my work will live in the world. For me, this comprises the moral impulse at the heart of my practice. Tell us about the visual art that you created and wish you didn't sell. I never really regret selling a work of art. Once the work is complete, I send it into the world to live beyond my purview.  Tell us about your book?
Golden Nuggets for Everyday Living provides spiritual encouragement and scriptures relating to everyday situations. The thirty-one nuggets reveal tips, strategies, and answers that people from all walks of life need to live a victorious life. These easy-to-read nuggets offers comfort, motivation, and confirmation that God has abundant blessings for all his children. We only need to ask and receive all that God has to offer. What inspired you to write a book? In the back of my mind, I always wanted to write a book, just never knew where to start. I have always had a passion for reading. Therefore, I would jot down notes here and there and finally the notes turned into pages. After my oldest sister passed away, and my mom became ill that inspired me to start writing again. I knew I had to complete this book and have it published for my mom to read it.  Why did you become an actor?
I became an actor because it was something that I happened to be good at. Also acting on stage, film and television has always been a dream of mine. Aside from acting, what are the other aspects of the entertainment world do you engage? I'm also engaged in different areas of entertainment as a voice actor and musician (keyboards & vocals) What do you do to maintain being relevant in such a competitive industry? I've been very fortunate and extremely blessed to be a working actor in Hollywood California. I work on different productions including my own to keep my visibility up as well as doing National commercials. Tell us about your role in the final season of "Insecure"? My role on Insecure the 5th season of episode 3 as "Uncle Ronnie" is a character that took me back to my childhood when my uncles would come by and always leave me with a five dollar bill. Uncle Ronnie is also a well meaning man but because of his old school experience he's a little loud and a bit behind the times. |