The actor/musician previews his upcoming TV projects, reflects on “Hello” video.
Now, the actor and musician is headed to the past for his new VH1 series,The Breaks.
Not when it started, but when it became the cultural phenomenon that it is today.
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It taught me a lot.
All we knew was that we loved the music and we would do anything for it.
Sticking with the music angle, you had Method Man playing your dad, which had to be surreal.
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What was that like?
Like me, you had to have grown up listening to his music.Absolutely.
And my dad worked at a barbershop in Park Hill and thats where theyre from.
When you say full circle, it literally is full circle.
Hes kind of in the same place.
Hes a very creative kid, amazing, and headstrong in a sense, he jumps before he walks.
Sometimes that works in his favor and sometimes it doesnt.
Youll get to ride along with him on his journey to creating this music.
Everything is unknown and unknown territory.
They are young and young people make mistakes sometimes.
Looking back on it, what was that experience like?First and foremost it was amazing.
Adele and her whole entire team are fing phenomenal, pardon my language.
Of course, automatically you think Adele, you think its going to be big.
But you dont necessarily know how big is big.
When were in the middle of it, it felt real, it felt natural.
Shes an amazing actress as well.
She will say she isnt, but she is.
All of the pieces kind of came together perfectly.
[Director] Xavier [Dolan] was a genius when it came to that.
It was one of those things when it happened and it was big, it was like, Jesus.
It just felt like everything shifted.
I was glad to be a part of it.
You play an officer who is involved in a racially charged shooting.
This project interestingly flips the race dynamic that we unfortunately most often see in these situations.
I think the biggest problem is that its still very relevant.
It sucks that its still this current, but it is.
Have a dialogue, have a conversation.
The Breaksairs Mondays at 9 p.m.
