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• Was raised in Dallas, Texas, after moving there with his mother and siblings when he was 5.
• Grew up in a military household, he and his brother are the only men in his family's generation to haven't served in the armed forces.
• Attended an alternative education program, where he discovered acting, after an altercation with a classmate and a teacher at his public school.
• Lived in his car for awhile after being kicked out of his home due to his problematic behavior.
• Spike Lee offered him the role of David in his film Da 5 Bloods (2020) after a meeting in his office in Brooklyn.
• In 2020, quarantined in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during the COVID-19 pandemic after the production of The Harder They Fall was stalled.