Percy Brown's Journey From Foster Care to Fresh Prince | Stop, Look & Listen

In this week's episode, host LeTroy Gardner welcomes the charismatic Percy Brown, an actor and podcast host of the "Prince of Fresh Air." Percy shares his journey from growing up in Manhattan and the Bronx to navigating the competitive world of Hollywood. He discusses the importance of education, the impact of chess on his life, and his experiences in foster care. Join us as we explore Percy's passion for acting, the grind behind the scenes, and his aspirations for the future!

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Pushplaypods dot com.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for tuning into this week's
edition to stop looking listen. I'm your host, Latroit Garder.
This week we have a special guest. He's an actor,
a podcast host of the Prints of Fresh Air. Hey,
we got my man, Percy Brown.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Welcome to Percy wonderful man. Appreciate that intro.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Man.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
You know, that's the only thing going right today, So
I appreciate.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
That, no doubt, no doubt. Welcome to the show. So, like, yeah,
just give us a little background into who Percy Brown is.
I know you grew up in Manhattan and then the Bronx. Like,
what kind of kid was Percy?

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (00:47):
I was the I was the bookworm man.

Speaker 4 (00:49):
I grew up on Goosebumps, ro O Stein, one of
my favorite authors. I grew up on Disney Channel. I'm
sure you have Corey in the house hitting my tan
of the good stuff.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Uh yeah, you know, growing up up into.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
Projects it was different because you know, people looked at
me as the nerd even though I wasn't you know,
I just wasn't you know, on streets acting like a fool.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
I took a big u leap into my education.

Speaker 4 (01:14):
Uh, you know, learn chats from a master, I compete
in chess, you know, local national tournaments. Uh, performed dance
with an award winning dance coach at my local community
community theater, Community Center, and you know that kind of
helped transpire me and launched me into acting. Denzo one
of my favorite actors of all time, the greatest of

(01:36):
all time, you know, watching him growing up with Disney
Channel and all that.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
You know, it kind of made me realize, hey, performing
is what I enjoy.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
So, you know, it was a it was a rough
roller coaster to start the journey, but it's been something
that I look back on finally because it made me
who I am today. And it's still the professionalism and
the hard work that I have right now.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
So, yeah, child, growing up it was.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Crazy, right, I mean you said a mouthful there, like
growing up in the projects and being a bookworm and
a chess master. Like just talk about how the game
of chess has applied to life in the strategic moves
that you make.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
Yeah, And you know that's the funny thing because people
look at me, they will never assume I grew up
in in the projects. I used to hit gunshots every Saturday.
But you know, I took the chest because you know,
and there's something I've slowly been opening up about. But
I grew up in foster care. So you know, when
I saying someone to you know, my mom, who I

(02:40):
was living with when I lived in Manhattan. I lived
with her and she ended up adopting me when I
was eleven. But you know, during that time, it was rough,
you know, me and my three younger brothers, you know,
wearing a new environment.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
You know, this is not our family yet.

Speaker 4 (02:56):
And so you know, I took the chest because at
my my local can meeting center Frederick Frederick Douglass Center,
a chess teacher used to come once a week. And
you know, at that time, I was getting into computer games.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
I was trying to figure out what activities I wanted.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
My brothers were all into sports, which I enjoyed, but
it wasn't something I was doing every day.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
So you know, I started learning the game of chess.

Speaker 4 (03:22):
And you know, one day turned into two days, turned
into three days, and next thing you know, he's coming
damn near five days a week.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
So I became a regular. I learned the game of chess.

Speaker 4 (03:32):
I studied, I learned from him, and eventually it got
to the point where I started beating him in some
of the games. So he brought up the opportunity for
me to compete both regular chess and time chess. So
you know, there's a big difference in that for people
who don't know time chess is more is more time based,
so you don't get the chance to sit there and

(03:52):
ponding your skills or with the next move, you have
a certain time so if you run, now, get screwed.
So it's definitely something that has seld me how to think,
be a critical thinker, think about the next move, you know,
playing around with Okay, if I make this choice, how
would this impact me? All right, so let me make

(04:13):
this choice. I think this is a better outcome. And
if anybody who's never played the game of chess, you know,
definitely go go watch it. And one of the videos
that deal with Jubilee for people who probably know Jubilee
at this point, major YouTube channel, I did a video
with them during the pandemic.

Speaker 1 (04:30):
Uh not amateur as.

Speaker 4 (04:31):
One professional player, and that was one of the most
incredible experiences I had, you know, because I think a
lot of people look at me and they look at
me in a certain way.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
Some people think I'm a tuol bag.

Speaker 4 (04:40):
Some people think I'm cocky and I'm self centered, but
I'm very you know, I'm I'm very much a people person,
and I think Chess helped me, you know, gravitate and
learn how to be that way.

Speaker 2 (04:53):
Okay, cool. You mentioned, you know, being a foster kid,
you and your brothers, I did you feel like for
a long time it was just the four of you
and you all had to take care of each other
and just just talk about the experience of going into
a house and you know, with people that you just

(05:13):
met and building that relationship. Yeah, that new family.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah, it was. It was.

Speaker 4 (05:19):
It was a weird time because you know, I'm six, mother,
brothers five. I have another brother who's four at the time.
And then my my youngest brother came a couple months later. Uh,
he was born in the hospital with my mom, same
mount who took us in and took him in. So
it was it was a weird time.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
Man.

Speaker 4 (05:37):
I felt like a father figure at such a young age,
even to this day, I think because I've always been
protective of them. You know, it was definitely something I
knew people will bullying us for it. People made fun
of us because you know, we didn't come from you know,
Bill Gates, you know, so we you know, we we
weren't walking around with Louis.

Speaker 1 (05:55):
Vatan and Gucci on. So you know, for me growing up,
I felt like the.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
Protective of them and you know, shout out to you
know my family now who who kind of took us
in and was there for us. But always felt like
I had to take the extra step to be like
the father figure. I wasn't just the older brother. I
had to help them go to school. I had to
help them with their homework. I had to make sure
people weren't bullying them. And it's funny because being the
oldest out of us, you know, I have older siblings.

(06:22):
It was weird because my younger brothers ended up being
more of the protective of me. You know, I was
the bookworm and they were more like the streets smarts.
So you know, whenever I got in conflict, you know,
they would you know, strong armed people like, don't bother them.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
You know, I'm not bothering nobody.

Speaker 4 (06:37):
So it was it was an interesting dynamic how you know,
as the older brother, I took the leadership role, but
then they also took the leadership ro too, so we
both we all four of us, had to you know,
learn from each other and grow from each other.

Speaker 1 (06:50):
Right, So it's still.

Speaker 4 (06:52):
Weird because you know, we're all in our twenties now,
and I still feel like the father figure even though
you know, we all grown up and we all did thing.
You know, I still feel like, hey, how you doing, man?
Can I help you want anything? And it's always been
like that dynamic. And I think for me it's because
I know that being a falstercare. A lot of people

(07:12):
aren't given that privilege some people, and.

Speaker 1 (07:14):
A lot of falsecare. I've seen it.

Speaker 4 (07:16):
You know, my mom still still does false care to
this day. You know, it's you never really know, you know,
what's going to happen. So for me, I always wanted
to make sure that they knew I was there for
them and vice versa.

Speaker 1 (07:30):
Right.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
Have you been able to reconnect with your biological mother mother?
And is there any ill will there?

Speaker 4 (07:39):
Uh? Yeah, I've reconnected with her, you know, she she's definitely.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
You know, recovering her and my dad we're drug addicts.
That's why one of the reason why we left.

Speaker 4 (07:49):
And so you know, my father passed maybe a year
or two after I went into you know, my foster home,
and so you know, he's been going for you know, twenty.

Speaker 1 (07:57):
Seven years now.

Speaker 4 (07:59):
So my mom, you know, I see a time to
time one of my my younger brothers.

Speaker 1 (08:03):
He's all about family.

Speaker 4 (08:04):
I think he you know, in high school, he got
to meet everybody you know for the first time. And
I'm more, you know, not in a visiting situation. She
he got to spend a lot of time with him.
So for me, just though ill will you know, I'm
a weird on this way, and you know, I always
say for me, I'm comfortable with where I'm at.

Speaker 1 (08:23):
I'm not pushing anything. I'm not seeking anything, you know.

Speaker 4 (08:27):
So yeah, I see I see him once in a while,
but you know, I'm cool. I'm just telling I'm focusing
on on the future and how I could better myself,
not only as a performer, but as a person.

Speaker 2 (08:39):
Mm hmm. So speaking on performing, you started you hit
the stage at a young age. Did you have stage fright? Initially?

Speaker 1 (08:48):
I don't think so.

Speaker 4 (08:49):
My first you know what I think, because I danced
my first my first performance. Uh, I was about eight
nine years old and I got to do Miss Missy Elliott.
I think it was lose it, I lose control, and
so I had to dance for not only my family,
but the entire community center. And so, you know, when

(09:10):
you're that young, you're not thinking about ooh, look at
this person's staying. I mean, you know, you just having fun.
So by the time I went to theater, I learned
the skills and I learned the trade to where it
was nervous the first time I did it, but it
was more nervous on let me not forget these lines
in the middle of this play. So I think after

(09:30):
you know, the first one, it just became natural to me.
And it's definitely something that shocked me because performing for
such you know, for a big audience, a big crowd,
for people who are looking at you.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
I grew up on Shakespeare.

Speaker 4 (09:45):
That's how I got into theater, was learning Shakespeare doing Shakespeare.
So for me, people when they're watching it, you know,
they may not know Shakespeare, but they know of him,
so they're looking for specific cadence. They're looking for a
specific performance. So you can't play author and you know,
act like the dude from the project, you know. So
I think for me it was more just making sure

(10:07):
I played the role and made sure I didn't forget
my lines. And then eventually after the first or second one,
it became very natural.

Speaker 2 (10:15):
Right, what did I'm playing? Don Pedro? I'll teach you
about yourself.

Speaker 1 (10:20):
And that play right there, man, let me let me
tell you something.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
I and it was my favorite show because it was
my first time in like more of a leading role.
So you know, I had a lot of stage time.
It's my first time really being out there for for
a lot, you know, for a lot of the show,
but that one was playing man, I had one girl.

Speaker 1 (10:42):
I'll never forget this. Man.

Speaker 4 (10:43):
I'm off stage, off right, and I'm waiting at the
wings because I'm waiting for my cue to get on stage.

Speaker 1 (10:50):
So there's a girl downstage right.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
I know I'm speaking you know, theater terms here, but
she's towards the audience.

Speaker 1 (10:57):
So there's a moment in the play where the lights
going down on stage. But she gets the spotlight and
she has a.

Speaker 4 (11:03):
Little model wau and after two three sentences she blanks.
She forgets her lines. So she's saying line in the
middle of the show. And you know, we're not talking
about Broadway here, but you know, just paid audiences at
this point. So you know, if you're not an actor,
you don't realize line is the queue for it, Give
me the line.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
But we don't do that in a live show. That's
for rehearsal.

Speaker 4 (11:25):
And so you know, I'm sitting off wing and I
see that she's bombing, and so I make my bee line.
I talked to the producer. I'm like, let me, let
me just get on stage because this, you know, it's
ten seconds too long. So I get on and do
the scene. My scene partner, right, you know, two minutes
later he was supposed to come on. The guy who's
playing Don, I'm forgetting the name right now. He's playing

(11:49):
another Don in the play. He's in the green room
on his phone on Facebook, so you know it's you know,
I'm sitting there, I get the queue.

Speaker 1 (11:58):
I'm wait for him to come on. He not, he
know where to be found.

Speaker 4 (12:01):
So I had to repeat the same line once or
twice in different ways, and eventually he came rushing on.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
It was amateur Howard, but it was.

Speaker 4 (12:09):
My favorite because I learned, Okay, this is what happens
when you're in the professional setting. You got to be
ready to be on cue. You got to be ready
for the mistakes. You've got to be ready for anything
you know, is thrown at you. So you know, it
was definitely one of my favorite role. Shout out to
Denzel because see, I know he played Don Pedro, but
you know that one is good of a performance I did.

Speaker 1 (12:32):
It was horrible, so.

Speaker 2 (12:36):
Well, compare comparing contrast doing theatre versus you know, being
in film.

Speaker 1 (12:44):
Yeah, it's a big difference, I think.

Speaker 4 (12:46):
And you know what, I was telling a buddy about
this because you know, I had the pleasure to have
Dennis McDonald plays Reggie and Bad Boys on my on
my podcast a few months ago, and his name came
up because you know, I've established a decent work or whatever,
and we you know, I do monologue Moneys on this
YouTube channel, you know, just for the sake of performing,
and this topic came up. Okay, some of the greatest actors, Denzel,

(13:11):
Daniel day Lewis, Lawrence Fishburner all theater trained. And one
of the things about theater it teaches you is you
got to memorize all these lines before showtime. It's not
like Tavy and film where you get the script. But
you know, okay, on Friday, I'm shooting this scene, so okay,
let me prepare this scene, and then on Monday we
got to do this scene. It's very different and it

(13:32):
took me a while to really learn, not the business side,
but the performance side, because on theater you have to
be loud and abrasive. It's like watching WWE. But then
when you watch team of your film, it's not like that.
It's like what we're doing. It's a conversation. And so,
you know, shout out to my acting coach, Anthony Abel,
because he really drilled into me the difference. You know,

(13:54):
you gotta be more aware of your space. You got
to be aware of the camera without looking looking at
the camera. You have to learn how to talk to
you know, talk to people like they're real, but also believing,
making it more believable.

Speaker 1 (14:09):
Not to say theater isn't.

Speaker 4 (14:10):
But it's really you know, that's what makes Denzel to
Will Smith so great is because you believe Denzel and
training day, you believe Will Smith and Independence day.

Speaker 1 (14:21):
And so for me, it's it's learning the craft. It
takes a lot.

Speaker 4 (14:25):
Of it takes many years and it takes a lot
of experience to really understand the difference because even though
it looks easy, you know, and I get this all
the time. Oh, I could be an actor. I could
do it too.

Speaker 1 (14:37):
But then I give them a script and say, you
got a memorize that. Know your character, know the scene.
You know, if you're playing a lawyer in Law and Order,
you're not gonna come up there talking talking crazy, you know,
with your boys. You're in a professional setting. Uh. You know.
I could talk about.

Speaker 4 (14:50):
This all day, but to be specific and make it short,
I think theater is like ww TV and film is
exactly that TV show, small medium, person in person and
you got to be believable.

Speaker 1 (15:03):
Why you're doing it too?

Speaker 2 (15:04):
Mm hmm. So would you prefer to have a hit
Broadway play or a hit TV sitcom or number one
movie in the box office?

Speaker 1 (15:15):
Oh? I like that one. That that's a good one.

Speaker 4 (15:18):
I'm gonna you know what, I'm gonna throw theater out
Broadway because I'm not a singer. If I started singing
right now, we'll just end the recording. Uh, you know,
take your headphones off. I would say times has changed.
I would say movies because I have more experienced with
movies doing movie roles, and not to say TV you

(15:39):
know right now that that's the ball right now is
to do a lot of TV stuff.

Speaker 1 (15:42):
But movies is just that one movie. Look at Marvel.
Look at all those Marvel actors, right Robert Donney Junior,
Chris Hemsworth, Tom holland they you know, they did one
role that one movie. It blew up and now you.

Speaker 4 (15:56):
Get to do any project you want to get paid
in saying the amount of money.

Speaker 1 (16:00):
Everybody know who you are.

Speaker 4 (16:02):
TV shows, depending on the level of success, it could
blow up like the Blow of the Boys. I know
that's one of the shows I'm trying to get on,
you know, So Carl Urban, you know.

Speaker 1 (16:12):
Keep a roll out for me.

Speaker 4 (16:15):
I think I have to go with movies because movies
still dominate TV shows. You know, it could be a
hit a mess even when they are popular because not
everybody watches Apple TV or have a Netflix, so.

Speaker 1 (16:28):
It could be it just depends. But because of the
landscape right now, I've got to go with a hit
movie easily.

Speaker 2 (16:34):
Good. Talk about the grind of making it in Hollywood.
I mean, I know you moved to LA. Thousands of
talented individuals do that on a regular basis. Just talk
about like the work behind the scenes, the acting classes,

(16:55):
the auditioning, the finding, representation, the social media aspect of it.
You know, just just talk about the steps it takes
to climb that ladder.

Speaker 4 (17:07):
Yeah, and I'm gonna breaking a little news on you
on your on your platform in a little bit. But
you know, when I moved to l A, I went
there with a vision. And I remember my my, my
good friend. I was staying with him and his family,
and I remember his dad when I was living a
Long Island right after college, fresh out of college. He
was like, look, you know, the video games and all

(17:28):
that is cool, but Netflix ain't gonna come knocking on
his door. You gotta go knock on Netflix's door. So
when I moved to LA I had a vision. Okay,
I'm going out there. You know, one of my longtime
friends just shot trinkets on Netflix up in Washington. So
I was like, I got a plan. I'm going out there.
I'm gonna get an agent, I'm gonna get my get

(17:49):
my face and name out there. When I moved out there,
like you said, and then everybody's an actor, a model,
a YouTuber, So it becomes hard to navigate because it's
so competitive.

Speaker 1 (17:59):
And then you also got to realize most.

Speaker 4 (18:01):
Celebrities live in LA So you know, when I went
out there, I was fortunate enough because I have such
a unique look. I was able to secure my first
agent like three months after I moved there, and so,
you know, the audition in the grind was it was
interesting because I was an audition for stuff I always
thought I wanted. I never really thought I would ever

(18:24):
do Google, Nike, big brands.

Speaker 1 (18:28):
TV showing stuff.

Speaker 4 (18:29):
That's what made me leave was because out there, because
it's so competitive a lot of agencies, Man, I'm gonna
get into you know, acting stuff at this point. You know,
SAG AFTRA is like the big union for Tevy and film.
So unless you're you know SSAG eligible or in the
Union as an actor, it's going to be very tough
for you to get work in TV shows and major

(18:50):
movies out there. So when I moved out there, not
being in the Union or even eligible, I was able
to find some success. But I found more success like
doing Jubilee the YouTube, uh the YouTube channel, working with them,
getting my face out there.

Speaker 1 (19:06):
I got a lot of followers from that, and.

Speaker 4 (19:09):
You know, doing the podcast, and you know, one of
the things about LA is it's not you know, I
like la I do. I love the weather, but the
people they have fake and phony and that's in all respect,
but people out there don't want to work with you
unless you have cloud, you know somebody, or you're you're famous.

(19:29):
And so for me, it came down to, you know,
people only wanted to be my friend because I had
an agent and they was looking for agents, so they
wanted to referral to me to my agent so they
could side with them.

Speaker 1 (19:40):
Or you know, when I you know, I know a couple.

Speaker 4 (19:43):
Of famous people, would they be like, oh, okay, y'ah,
you know him, you're friends with him, all, let's be friends.
But nothing would happen after that, right, So you know,
in terms of the grind, though, it's brutal, man, it's brutal.
You gotta be one hundred percent invested in this because
you know, I'm not acting as.

Speaker 1 (20:03):
Much as I was in high school.

Speaker 4 (20:04):
Right, But it's also a business side now where I'm
not getting paid twenty five dollars you know per show
we're auditioned for you know, major movies, maybe major TV shows,
a major commercial work. So it's you know, at this point,
it's serious now where and I have a manager. The
big news is I just signed with a major agency,

(20:25):
Spark Talent. Just signed with them this week. And you know,
these contracts to what they're sending you out for, you
got to show up. They don't care that you got
to pay your rent, they don't care that you got
a day job. They want to make sure. Hey, if
you audition it for this major movie with Quentin Tarantino,
You're going to audition and if you get it, you're
going to go. So you got to balance, you know,

(20:49):
your finances being happy and enjoying life with I'm a
professional actor.

Speaker 1 (20:54):
So you know when my.

Speaker 4 (20:55):
Manager says, hey, Percy, I got to audition for you
for for this major movie is due tomorrow, Oh, she
don't want to hear all I get up for work tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (21:03):
They don't want to hear that. It's a business.

Speaker 4 (21:05):
So you know, for me, I'm making a pride to
whenever I get an audition, if I get a booking,
if I get an opportunity, I'm there because even if
I don't get the role, at least I get to
be in that conversation. So when they see my face again,
all the hair, you know, because I know that hair
stands out. They're gonna remember me so And that's that's
how you build a brand. That's how you build a

(21:28):
career is when casting directors, When directors producers keep seeing
your face, even if even if you don't get the role,
they start thinking, oh, I like person, keep bringing them in.

Speaker 1 (21:39):
I like them for this project. And you know, we've
seen a lot.

Speaker 4 (21:42):
Of actors go from a couple of student films now
that they're they're leading roles in Marvel, they're working with
Michael B.

Speaker 1 (21:48):
Jordan, they're starting against Denzel Like.

Speaker 4 (21:51):
It's it's hard, but if you're if you're truly invested,
then it's it's rewarding. So you know, I'm not going
to be making all street money, you know, pursuing his career.

Speaker 1 (22:02):
So I make it.

Speaker 4 (22:03):
But I know that the right opportunity when it comes,
and I'm ready for it. That I mean, the disguis
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Speaker 2 (22:45):
What's your your long term vision for for your career
or do you have like a potential like expiration date
to where it's like, you know, what if my career
isn't progressing to my liking at this point, I'm gonna
go Plan B or is it just straight playing a
non stop.

Speaker 1 (23:05):
I'm planning and then no Plan B.

Speaker 2 (23:06):
Man.

Speaker 4 (23:07):
You know, the podcast is something I've done, you know,
because during the pandemic, I was stuck in the rut
and I wasn't getting to where I wanted it to be,
and I was getting frustrated because I'm like, you know,
a lot of my friends they're on TV shows, they
got to hit Netflix shows, they're doing movies with celebrities,
and you know, I'm just chilling playing video games having
a good time, you know, just not what I want

(23:29):
to do.

Speaker 1 (23:29):
So, you know, one of.

Speaker 4 (23:31):
The things that happened last year was I remember I gotta,
I gotta, I got an email from my manager.

Speaker 1 (23:37):
She's like, hey, you got an audition.

Speaker 4 (23:40):
Okay, you know, just another audition, But now I researched
because we're in a different ballgame now. So I'm looking
and you know, I see Spike Lee is directing. Okay,
all right, not bad. I'll look at the character and
I see I'm playing against his one character. So I'm
doing my research. Denzel Washington is starting in the movie,

(24:00):
so I'm like, I get to work with Denzel if
I booked this. Ever since then, man, ever since then,
it's changed my perspective on this because I didn't get
the role.

Speaker 1 (24:10):
They give it to. Asak Rocky, I'm gonna beat them
up when I see them.

Speaker 2 (24:13):
But you know, you know, you know, you know, if
y'all go to court, what's gonna happen.

Speaker 1 (24:19):
Yeah, you know. But but he, you know, he got
the money, so.

Speaker 4 (24:24):
He stole my role. And it's not the first time.
I got many stories of me losing roles to celebrities.
But it's part of the game. I'm not mad. But
when that happened, when I saw that, I was like,
I can't stop because I'm getting in that conversation. And
so you know, we you know, one of the things
they always say, especially at this point in my career.

(24:44):
We don't talk about auditions, right, but I've been able
to audition for Marvel, a lot of major shows, some
major movies that are not even started filming yet. And
so for me, it's like it gets hard. It gets
the president sometimes like yo, man, you know, I just
need that opportunity to really skyrocket. But for me, it's

(25:05):
kind of like, I know it's coming, I know it's there.
I'm in that conversation. People keep calling me back for
some reason, and I know the reason. I'm good looking,
tall chocolate. You know, I'm coming from Michael B. Jordan
and so yeah, I'm humble, but I also know that
at some point it's going to pay off. Every actor,
Denzel whatever, they had a point where they was stagnant.

(25:27):
What they feel like, Ah, man, this ain't working. I'm
going I'm going to go get a corporate job. But
that's not me, man, I'm.

Speaker 1 (25:35):
All in, all in. What keeps you driven, the hunger
and the passion, you know.

Speaker 4 (25:44):
It's one of the things for me is I like
to learn from other people, and I've been fortunate enough
to meet a lot of famous actors famous celebrities.

Speaker 1 (25:53):
I'm friends with, you know, one of my best friends.

Speaker 4 (25:55):
He's been on network television and all that, and I
learned a lot from him and the people I've met.

Speaker 1 (26:02):
And it's a grind. You have to be ready for it.

Speaker 4 (26:04):
And when I started this at fourteen years old, this
is what I fell in love with. I didn't fall
in love with the lights, the red carpets, the money
and the fame, you know, I fell in love with
the craft. And so for me, don't get me wrong,
I want to make one hundred grand for a role,
of course, but I want to act. This is what
I want to plan it to do, to entertain and perform,

(26:26):
and so you know, it's you know, even in my
darkest days, I always think back to that one audition
because Dad could have changed my life, you know what
I'm saying. And so you know, for me, it's kind
of like, I know what my vision is. I have
a great team behind me who understands my vision, and
you know I'm on my way there. And so my

(26:47):
ultimate goal right now, you know, when she and for
Marvel Man, I'm trying to be the next King the Conqueror.

Speaker 1 (26:52):
Now that Johnathan Major's side of it.

Speaker 4 (26:54):
No disrib about them, but you know they need somebody,
you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (26:58):
So I'm just kidding.

Speaker 4 (26:59):
But yeah, definitely Marvel, Definitely superhero movies, action genre.

Speaker 1 (27:04):
We're going right for the Juggal on that one. So
you know, stay tuned. Man, you might see me in
a Vengers doosday. You never know.

Speaker 2 (27:11):
So okay, I like it. I like it.

Speaker 1 (27:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (27:15):
How does the Prince of Fresh Air help with gaining
more exposure for your acting career?

Speaker 1 (27:25):
Oh? Man, it's been. It's been tremendous. Man.

Speaker 4 (27:27):
When I started this podcast in twenty twenty, it was
a whole, completely separate entity. I started off as controversial topics.
I was talking about COVID, I was talking about politics.
I was telling about George Floyd. I was talking about
all that, and what ended up happened. I'll never forget.
I remember my agent hits me up. He's like, Yo,

(27:48):
who's this guy? He's sending me email about your podcast?
What's going on? And so I found out somebody reported
me to my man and my agent and he was like, oh, yeah,
Percy's Trump supporter and all that. What's your I'm not
you know, I was just talking about politics because it's
hot at the time. So when that happened, I said,
I got to switch the direction I'm born in, and
so you know, eventually, at some point you got level up.

(28:10):
So for me, I was an interviewing any and everybody,
but I knew that at some point I couldn't just.

Speaker 1 (28:16):
Keep doing that. You know, you know, that direction wasn't working.

Speaker 4 (28:20):
So in twenty twenty one, I changed the podcast to
the Prince of Rush Air, and I won a different
direction and I got to work with I got to
meet and connect with famous directors, actors, people behind the scenes, sports,
media journalists, and for me it's been awesome because I

(28:41):
get to learn about other people's journeys. But I also
get to build a connection with people. So, you know,
not every podcast episode I've done with you know, someone
who's the star in the movie or director who's worked
with Drayne the Rock Johnson, and maybe I don't work
with them in the future, but at least we have
that connection follow each other, We keep each other in touch,

(29:02):
and if something comes up, you know, they hit me up,
I hit them up, like, hey, I hear the catching
over here, they shooting this movie. I think you'd be
right for let me shoot this casting director or director
you know, call or something. So I don't do the
podcast just for that, So I you know, I'm not la.
You know, I'm not trying to get people on just
for oh yeah, you know, Dennis let Will Smith and

(29:23):
them know I'm available for role. That's not how it worked.
But for me, it's just you know, having those connections
and meeting people because if I ever get to work
with them, at least it's genuine and it came from
a genuine place opposed to me just reaching out on Instagram.
I'm like, yo, Dennis a huge fan, man, I got
an agent and you're trying to help me. Nah, I
want to know you as a person, you know, I

(29:45):
want to know you know, this director who did a start,
who worked with Quentin Tarantino. I want to I want
to know them and build that connection. So you know,
it's definitely something I'm very proud of because five years
ago I would have no I ever thought it would
be where it is today. And so you know, sometimes
I just google the podcast and I say, wow, man,

(30:07):
I really came far.

Speaker 1 (30:08):
And I say that humbly because you really, you really never.

Speaker 4 (30:12):
Know how things are going to turn out, and it
really goes to show when you just put your head down.

Speaker 1 (30:16):
And you grind hard, you know, you know, keep.

Speaker 4 (30:19):
Your ten toes down, things happen, and you know, five
years later, it's been a wonderful journey and I've met
a lot of great people. And the only reason why
I got to this point is because I'm genuine, I'm respectful,
and I'm not looking to make my name off of
somebody else. I'm just generally hearing the interview people I appreciate,
I love and support and you know, if we can

(30:41):
work together in the future, so be it.

Speaker 2 (30:44):
I like that approach, yeah, because I mean, yeah, we
could always interview celebrities, but I think we're missing out
on what's golden. And everyone has a story. Like no
matter who you talk to, someone, someone has something that
has happened in their life that you like, you know what,

(31:04):
this is newsworthy or this is this is worth expounding
on a lot. More So, I like that you you
make sure that you talk to any and everybody as
long as it makes sense content wise.

Speaker 4 (31:18):
Well yeah, well you know, and it's funny because I
had this conversation a few months ago where you know,
I don't want people thinking just because I'm interviewing people
on TV and stuff, that you know, I'm forgeting about
the little guy.

Speaker 1 (31:31):
I'm not.

Speaker 4 (31:32):
I've allowed myself to stay humble, right because I remember
when I was early on in my career as a
podcast and an actor, a lot of people came up
and helped me, you know, And so for me, yeah,
I'm interviewing people who have some success or very successful
in what they do, but I will never forget about,
you know, the people who are coming up, because at

(31:55):
the end of the day, I don't think I'm better
than you. I don't think I'm better than Dwayne rock Johnson,
even though I'm much better looking. But you know, for me,
it's kind of you know, you have to be aware
of what's happening. And if you see, like Will Smith,
he's on a tour doing podcasts. You wouldn't have seen
movie stars ten years ago doing podcast runs. Most of

(32:18):
the time they go and late they shows, and so
now it's you know, for me, I want to take
the approach where we have fun and we have great conversation,
but I'm not looking to capitalize or for your name
or your likeness or your brand because don't get me wrong.
Of course, when I promote on Instagram, show media, I
want to say, oh yeah, I had God you know,
he did a movie Will Smith. You know, look at

(32:40):
the episode. Of course, I'm not gonna, you know, stay
away from that, but I'm not getting them on just
for that. And I think when people see that you're
genuine and want to connect with them and makes it
a lot easier. So for me, I'm not looking for
a quick viral moment on somebody's name. And so I
think when you're in that approach and people could smell
it coming from you, they don't want to work with you.

(33:01):
So for me, I try to be as I treat
everybody the same, whether you're a known name, you're making
your way up, or you're an established person. I give
everybody the same respect in the same platform to speak
their truth.

Speaker 1 (33:14):
And that's what I'm here to do.

Speaker 2 (33:16):
Man, exactly, how did you come up with the name
the Prince of Fresh Air?

Speaker 1 (33:22):
See, I couldn't even tell you. I couldn't even tell you.

Speaker 4 (33:26):
I remember, I remember how it happened, but I don't
know how I came up with the name.

Speaker 1 (33:32):
So I remember I.

Speaker 4 (33:34):
Was trying to rebrand the podcast because controversy topics. One
of the things I've learned, especially in the acting, especially now,
you have to have a brand. So you know, for me,
I know that I have a different look.

Speaker 1 (33:46):
Than most people. So I said, how can I capitalize
on this?

Speaker 4 (33:49):
And so I remember I went to a search engine
like a word generator, and I just started throwing in
you know, charisma, controversy. And then one of my friends,
he's a big Will Smith fan, so the fresh Prince
of bel Air came up somehow, and so I threw
it in there just to see what kind of words

(34:11):
came up, and the Prince of fresh Air came out,
and I said, you know what, I like it because
it's not just a name, but if you break it down,
I bring fresh air to podcasting, you know, and so
or some people say the Prince of fresh Hair. So
it was like, you know, it's definitely something for me
that is is great for me because it's a brand

(34:32):
and it's unique, and yeah, some people might confuse it
with the first Prince of bel Air, but that's the goal.

Speaker 1 (34:40):
You gotta be smart. It's a business.

Speaker 4 (34:41):
So yeah, man, it's been like three going on almost
four years with the Prince Fresh Air.

Speaker 2 (34:50):
All right, so which character from the fresh Prince of
bel Air do you relate to the most.

Speaker 4 (34:58):
Ooh well, I would say probably.

Speaker 1 (35:05):
I would probably have to lean towards Carlton. You know,
it's like Will. I mean, I can say Will, but
you know I feel like Carlton. He's like this.

Speaker 4 (35:16):
When you think of the first Prince of bel Air,
you think of Carlton, all his iconic dancings, all his
all his funny moments, and like, that's what I want
to do. I'm the guy that comes in and even
if I'm not the lead, I steal the show. So
you remember me, and so you know it's easy to say,
oh yeah, I could be Will Smith. Everybody wants to
be Will Smith. But Carlton, Yeah, because nobody, nobody likes

(35:39):
up the show like me, and Carlton understood that.

Speaker 1 (35:42):
And you know that's what I would do.

Speaker 2 (35:44):
Okay, you can do the dance.

Speaker 4 (35:46):
Nah, what I could do it? You know, well I
went to Oscar Award for it. No, but you know
I'm a dancer, so you know, you know, you know,
you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (35:58):
I could do a little you know, I could do so.

Speaker 2 (36:03):
Yeah, you just you just kind of thrust your hair
back the morning you decided that this is your look.
Tell me about it.

Speaker 1 (36:16):
Yeah, you know, it all started with Jubilee.

Speaker 4 (36:18):
Man, it started with Jubilee because at the time I
started working with Jubilee in twenty let me see twenty twenty,
and so, you know, I remember the first episode I did.

Speaker 1 (36:30):
You know, this is the time I wasn't really share.

Speaker 4 (36:32):
You know, everybody's at home, so I'm not really worrying about,
you know, making sure my my face all lined up
and everything. But my hair was growing now, you know,
because when I was younger, my mom always cut my
hair bowl cut military style. So when I became my own,
I said, I'm growing my hair out. I wanted braids.
But when I did that episode with them and it
went a little viral on social media, I saw a

(36:54):
lot of people commenting, Oh, I love his hair.

Speaker 1 (36:56):
I've never seen anybody look like that before. So I said,
you know what, then, let's see what this happened. Let's
see what this brings.

Speaker 4 (37:05):
And I think for me from the acting side, it
is a branding now. So for me, it's yeah, I
might not be able to go out for a lot
of different roles now because of my hair, but it's
also something that makes me unique and it stands out.
And every time I meet with you know, my manager
when she signed me Spark Talent, one of the best
agencies in the United States, one of things they always

(37:27):
say is, oh, I don't have anybody who looks like you,
this will be perfect. And so for me, I wanted
to go down the route of I want to be memorable.
And it's funny because people still think I look like
Lil Yati. I'm sure you know who he is. I
still get it all the time. But for me, it's
just I wanted to set myself apart from everybody else
and so like, yeah, it's it stands out, makes people

(37:51):
love and stare, but you know what, it's me and
I enjoy it because at the end of the day, look, man,
I'm trying to make money. I'm trying to put my
name that I'm trying to put my face out there,
and it's harder when you know, if there's three black
podcasts or three actors in audition room, it's it's kind
of hard to stand out if everybody got the shortcut.
So you know, I was like, I gotta stand now,

(38:12):
and even if it might limit the amount of stuff
I go off for, it'll make me memorable. And so
every time people see me and they say, yo, man,
I've never seen that before.

Speaker 1 (38:23):
I like that. So you know it. You sometimes you
gotta take risks for a big reward.

Speaker 2 (38:28):
M Yeah. So, like, what one piece of advice would
you give to young creatives out there that feel like
they don't fit the mold.

Speaker 4 (38:39):
One of the things I would say is you got
to you gotta find a way to be unique. And
I say that because we're living in a society now
where being a good actor isn't enough. Being a good
podcast is enough. Like you, you have a brand, you
have an image, and it's hard and this society where
we have so many podcasts, how do you stand out

(39:01):
from everybody else? So, you know, if you're creative, I
would say, find something that you're passionate about, or find
something that's unique about you and go for it right,
because that is what people want to see. Nobody wants
to see the same, you know, same looking people all
the time. They want to see, Oh, okay, I like
that style he brings, Oh I like what he presents,

(39:22):
and don't be.

Speaker 1 (39:23):
Afraid to be different.

Speaker 4 (39:24):
It's a different society now, you know, twenty twenty five,
everybody's embracing that that uniqueness.

Speaker 1 (39:30):
So you know, there's a lot.

Speaker 4 (39:31):
Of people making a lot of money who ten years
ago wouldn't have made a dollar because they're a brand
and they're bringing something different. And so you know, don't
be afraid to put yourself out there. I think that's
one of the hardest things when it comes to entertainment
is of some people are so great at what they do,

(39:51):
but they forget about the social media aspect, they forget
about the brand aspect.

Speaker 1 (39:56):
Just remember it's a business. So yeah, you could be
a great ad.

Speaker 4 (40:00):
But if you're not on social media, if you if
you don't have a brand or marketability about you, it
makes it even harder.

Speaker 1 (40:07):
So you know, I would say, just don't.

Speaker 4 (40:09):
Be afraid to be creative and be unique, but also
understand as a business, so be a brand, build your
brand up, what makes you stand out from everybody else,
what makes you unique compared to the guy next to
you or the girl next to you. So you know,
don't be afraid to take a risk because just like gamblers,
sometimes you got to take that big risk for that
big reward and every once in a while you might

(40:31):
hit the jackpot.

Speaker 2 (40:32):
Mm hmm. So something else that you're passionate about is
giving back. Yes, talk about the work you do with
food drives and mental health discussions.

Speaker 4 (40:44):
Yeah, the beautiful question. Man, I'm glad you asked that.
I and this is a part of me. I want
to start exposing it more because you know, I'm not
I'm not joking when I say people will always have
some type of perception to me.

Speaker 1 (40:58):
It's just like, just because I'm looking certainly don't mean nothing.

Speaker 4 (41:01):
So for me, I started this journey in college same
baydavinc University I got to work with I was still kitchen,
a warmer house, and when.

Speaker 1 (41:09):
I first started there, I was like, I don't want
to be around these people. But after a.

Speaker 4 (41:14):
While, after you know, a couple of weeks turn into
a month, turned into a few months, and I enjoyed
it because you know, for me, it taught me humility
and you know, growing up in New York City, you know,
everybody cares about themselves.

Speaker 1 (41:28):
I don't care about what you're going through. I need
to get to where I'm going.

Speaker 4 (41:31):
So this is the first time in my life I
had to sit down and reevaluate how I thought.

Speaker 1 (41:37):
And so it taught me humility.

Speaker 4 (41:39):
And I got to work with drug addicts, uh you know,
former criminals, people who did you know, stints and state prison, homeless, uh,
no money, living on state aid, and you know, people
with mental illness and drug addiction, and so you know,
I got to work with them up close in personally.

(41:59):
I got to learn their story. I got to know
who they are. And some of the volunteers there, a
lot of them were from the Halfway House. They just
came out of recovery and they're working on their recovery.
And so I'll never forget my sociology sociology professor or
doctor Lyncheon the same Bidaventure shout out to him.

Speaker 1 (42:17):
One of the things he had to do for our
major assignment at the end of the year was, I
want you to go to a meeting or uh an a meeting.

Speaker 4 (42:28):
I want you to sit in and learn the perspectives,
and I want you to write about what you observe.
And it's easy for me because I already started building
that connection at the Warmerhouse. And it really opened my
eyes to the naiveness and the judgmental.

Speaker 1 (42:43):
Part of me.

Speaker 4 (42:44):
Because a lot of people view people with mental illness
or drug addiction a certain way. Oh you chose to
do that. Oh it's your fault, you know. And I
really learned not everybody has that path. Some people were
I wouldn't say born this way, but some people their
parents forced them to shoot up heroin and when it's
ten years old, you know, so you know, it definitely

(43:06):
opened my eyes to being, you know, being able to
give back, and I really enjoyed my time there. I
allowed myself to work at a farm, a vegetable farm
over the summer while I was working at the warming house,
and that taught me hard work that I ain't trying
to do it anytime again. But it is really humbling
and it teaches you humility and not to judge other

(43:28):
people so quickly.

Speaker 1 (43:29):
And so I really, I.

Speaker 4 (43:31):
Really hope that everybody, at least one day gets a
chance to just try it out.

Speaker 1 (43:35):
Just do it one day. You don't have to do
like me four years.

Speaker 4 (43:39):
Just do it for one day and see if it
changes how you view other people, because for me, I
think it does, and it will teach you how to
respect everybody no matter what.

Speaker 2 (43:51):
Okay, doctor King had a dream what's yours?

Speaker 1 (43:58):
I had a nightmare.

Speaker 5 (43:59):
Now I don't kid it, you know, I I don't
have a dream.

Speaker 1 (44:09):
I have a vision.

Speaker 4 (44:11):
I have a vision on where I want to be,
have a vision on what I want to do, and
I know that I'm going to get there. And so
every day I'm working hard. Every day is an opportunity
to me for growing to get better. And I think
what Martin Luther King said, I have a dream. I
think it resonates with people so much because everybody has
a goal and a vision they're trying to get to.

(44:33):
It might be harder sometimes, but you can get there
if you put in the work.

Speaker 1 (44:37):
And somebody made a good point.

Speaker 4 (44:38):
I remember someone said when you're twenty five and you think, oh,
I want to do four years, you know, do this
and putting the time in. But then you hit thirty
and you're like, man, I actually could have done that
the whole time I was complaining. And so not to
say thirty is old anything, but I think for me
it really goes down to if you love something, or

(45:00):
if you find something that you're passionate about, you'll find
any excuse to do it. You know, whether it's art
to craft, whether it's acting, whether it's podcast, you will
find a way to get it done.

Speaker 1 (45:10):
And that's how I view it.

Speaker 4 (45:11):
So every day, even if I'm not doing the podcast
or i'm not I don't have an audition, I'm not
on set, you know, I'm going through my social media,
I'm going through my acting stuff. I'm looking at my clips,
I'm looking at Okay, maybe I can edit this and
make this better off.

Speaker 1 (45:25):
Maybe I could do this, you know, season that or
spice that out.

Speaker 4 (45:28):
And so every day for me, it's a chance to
put myself ahead then I was yesterday.

Speaker 1 (45:35):
And that's how I kind of look at it.

Speaker 4 (45:37):
You have to find every moment you can to make
yourself better at what you do or what you love,
because if you don't, you're gonna find yourself two months later.
I don't really want to do it, you know, I'm
too tired.

Speaker 1 (45:52):
It's like the gym. You stop going to the gym
after a week two you start losing those gains, and
so you have to stay you have to.

Speaker 4 (45:59):
Stay ready, stay sharp, And every day is an opportunity
for me like that. Doing this podcast is a great
way for me to learn on my critical thinking, learn
learn on my camera skills. I'm always learning something new
and I think, you know, that's what keeps me motivated
is that every day I can find something to improve on.

Speaker 2 (46:17):
Okay, So do you learn more from your wins or
your losses?

Speaker 1 (46:26):
That's a good question.

Speaker 4 (46:29):
I would say losses because in acting, especially at this point,
it's okay, you know, I get called in for for
law and order. As for you, I don't get the role.
I'm like, okay, why is that now? Sometimes it just
I may not be right for the role. But I
will look at myself tape, I look at my audition
and say, oh, you know what, I think, you know what,

(46:49):
I could have did that a little better. I could
have said this a lot differently.

Speaker 3 (46:54):
And so.

Speaker 4 (46:57):
I think for me losses. If you don't learn from
your losses, then you don't win. You can't build a
house without a foundation. You're gonna you know, when you're
building the house, you're gonna some of the Sometimes this
foundation might shift, or you know, the ground might might
be uneven. You have to sometimes go back and correct that.
So for me, don't get me wrong. The winds, I

(47:17):
learned from the winds. You know, last year when I
shot this Google commercial, you know, I had to learn
a whole nother thing that I've never done before. So
now when I do something similar, I'm ready and not
prepared to to do that.

Speaker 1 (47:30):
So, you know, I definitely.

Speaker 4 (47:32):
Think, though, because of how this industry is, you're going
to lose more than you win. So I look at
every loss not as a loss, but as an opportunity
to say, Okay, next time I get something similar or
a bigger opportunity, I know, I got to improve on this,
or I gotta work on this, or I wasn't believable,
I need to work on that. So I think losses

(47:54):
helped me grow because the losses help me look at
the mistakes I've made and correct them.

Speaker 2 (48:00):
Okay, what's next for you?

Speaker 1 (48:06):
I got a Chick fil A sandwich? Now I'm kidding.
What's next to me?

Speaker 4 (48:10):
I got big goals this ship man, you know, I
you know, like I said, you know, shout out to
Spark Talent Agency, one of the most respected agencies in
the United States, because.

Speaker 1 (48:20):
You know, they understand my vision.

Speaker 4 (48:22):
I managed to understand my vision, my team understands my vision.
And so what's next to me?

Speaker 1 (48:27):
I don't know what's next for me. I don't know
what's going to happen.

Speaker 4 (48:30):
And that's the beautiful thing because tomorrow I can get
a call like, hey, you got this role.

Speaker 1 (48:36):
I'm good. I've made it to where I'm trying to be,
so right.

Speaker 4 (48:40):
Now the goal is right now, you know, do do
a lot of more television work. I got some some
things lined up that I'm working on. But I'm going
for I'm going for the Juggle man, I'm going to
the top. I'm going to work with Denzel before he
retires in a few years.

Speaker 1 (48:55):
That's going to happen. And Marvel two.

Speaker 4 (48:58):
I'm coming from Marvel, you know, came to conqueror Johnathon
Major's I'm sorry. You know, somebody got to do it.
You got making good.

Speaker 1 (49:04):
You know this is my rope. But yeah, that's what's
next to me. The I'm going for, you know, the.

Speaker 4 (49:10):
Life changing opportunities to the stuff that five years ago
I used to look up in the window in the
sky just thinking how can I get there? And now
that I'm knocking on that door, I'm about to open it.
I'm gonna kick that son a bitch open.

Speaker 2 (49:24):
So okay, So a movie or a TV show about
Percy Brown put together your cast. I mean it could
be tied to you know, you and your brothers, you know,
growing up in the Foster Home. You know, just assemble
your cast about the life and times of Percy Brown.

Speaker 4 (49:46):
Oh see, that's the hard part because the only person.

Speaker 1 (49:50):
Well, you know, I'll be calling Ma Allel all the time.

Speaker 4 (49:52):
But I think d Wayne and Rock Johnson would be
good because he both he understands the entertainment factor. But
from realistic standpoint, I would probably do lo Yati because
everybody say we look alike. Now I'm kidding not even
I gotta Denzel in there, because that dude could do

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any goddamn thing.

Speaker 1 (50:14):
So I gotta throw Denzel in there starting as me,
Michael B.

Speaker 4 (50:17):
Jordan as my second my my second youngest brother, because
they both look alike. I gotta throw. I'm trying to
think Pop Smoke passed away. I would love Pop Smoke
to play my younger brother. I would throw. I'm trying

(50:38):
to think there's not a lot of young up and
coming actors right now who are black. I would do
Damns and Interests as my younger brother as a year
younger than me, and then I would.

Speaker 1 (50:50):
Probably do the guy who plays Power. The Power.

Speaker 4 (50:59):
Yeah, I have at my youngest brother, so I have
them play that. I'll have Viola Davis play my mother
because it got that same haircut. And then I would
probably have the guy that played the Tories big in
two thousand and eight. I'll have him play my older
brother and Niki me not just my sister, because they

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look alike.

Speaker 2 (51:25):
Okay, yeah, nice, well rounded cast.

Speaker 4 (51:30):
Yeah it's hard because I can't put a white person
playing black you know, it just don't work. So but yeah,
it would be interesting to tell my story because it's
a story that a lot of people don't know, and
I think a lot of people are still trying to
figure out who was.

Speaker 1 (51:47):
Personal behind the cameras, lights, the action.

Speaker 4 (51:50):
And I know I'm very you know, entertained, and I'm
very charismatic, but I wasn't always this way five years ago.
I wasn't this way, and so, you know, it'd be
nice to show the evolution of the little nerdy kid
who read Boosebumps.

Speaker 1 (52:04):
And only wanted to just stay in the room.

Speaker 4 (52:06):
Now he's enjoying the spotlight and being entertainment and being
out there.

Speaker 1 (52:11):
So it's a big it's a big shift. It's crazy.

Speaker 2 (52:14):
Okay, all right, So before we wrap. Feel free to
plug the Prince of Fresh Air where we can find
it your social media whereabouts.

Speaker 1 (52:28):
The good stuff, the good stuff.

Speaker 4 (52:30):
So you know, I'm gonna take this opportunity right now
before I plug all that. Dwayne and Rock Johnson, I
keep calling you wild. You know I'm sold. You write
my message.

Speaker 1 (52:38):
What's going on? Man? I need you to respond anyway.
I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. You know I love
the way.

Speaker 4 (52:42):
But yeah, you know, the Prince of Fresh Air is
on YouTube, Spotify.

Speaker 1 (52:48):
You know I'm not the brag, but just google.

Speaker 4 (52:50):
The Prince fresh Air and you'll find everything social media.
I'm on Instagram, mister noet days off Percy. You can
find everything about acting, the podcast. You'll find all my links,
my media media articles, my acting stuff, the Julie videos,
you can find all that my link tree. Uh, the
Prince of Fresh Air and uh, you know, twenty twenty

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five were coming strong.

Speaker 1 (53:14):
And uh no, didty that came?

Speaker 4 (53:16):
I wrong, No, Diddy, But we're making headways and you know,
stay tuned because we're working on some stuff with some
big stuff and this might be the year you'll see
this face on the big screen. So I'm looking forward
to it. Thank you to you for having me on Latroit.
You know, it's always nice to meet, especially other you know,
black men in the space because it's I always wanted

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to put other.

Speaker 1 (53:38):
You know, black men on their journey.

Speaker 4 (53:40):
And I think it's going to be a banger of
the year and twenty twenty Saints. We're going to ride
this train high and we're going to the top. Johnthan Major,
sorry but leave you behind.

Speaker 2 (53:51):
Oh yeah, climbing that mountain one step at a time.

Speaker 1 (53:55):
Yeah, man, And I gotta ask you too, So I'm
gonna be out of break by the time I get
up this.

Speaker 2 (54:00):
Yeah, take a break here and there.

Speaker 1 (54:02):
Now no breaks, man, no breaks.

Speaker 2 (54:03):
All gas, all gas gas. Percy Brown the Prince of
fresh Air right set the whole interview because I could.
I thought I was gonna say the fresh Prince of
bel Air, but I didn't mess it up the whole interview,
So I'm proud of myself.

Speaker 1 (54:19):
Yeah, I appreciate that man. Everybody.

Speaker 4 (54:21):
Yeah, I give people breaks because I know it sounds
the same. So you know, I'm not mad about it,
but I appreciate that.

Speaker 1 (54:27):
Man.

Speaker 4 (54:27):
The print the most charismatic man. Entertainment is not a slogan.
It's a way of life. And you know, if you
don't believe in it, don't worry. You'll believe in this suit.
But you know, thank you man.

Speaker 1 (54:38):
I appreciate you having me on because you asked me.

Speaker 4 (54:41):
Some really good questions and now I'm going to think
about it while Blastom Pop smoke.

Speaker 1 (54:45):
So I appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (54:47):
All right, no doubt. Yeah, you had an interesting story
and you know the energy, Like you said, the most
charismatic man in podcasting. Yeah, you're deliberate. No, no entertainment, entertainment
across the board.

Speaker 1 (55:03):
Yeah, yeah, I mean a little funny story I was.

Speaker 4 (55:06):
You know, my mom when I when I was younger,
she nick made me the most electrifying man. But then
the Wayne came and he stole it. So at the
resort to the charismatic man.

Speaker 2 (55:15):
So yeah, definitely need you need to see see the
Wayne one on one one day for sure.

Speaker 4 (55:20):
Oh, I'm going to see him. He knows what's coming.
He's blocking, he's duncan me's dodging me. His his line
project not reached out to me for collam. I'm like, nah,
I need the Wayne to reach out because I went
to the old and went the Norse.

Speaker 1 (55:34):
But I'm just kidding because.

Speaker 4 (55:35):
I want him to see this and oh nah, this
guy wild and so nah nah, I shout out to
the Rocky. He changed the game. But yeah, man, I
appreciate the time. Man, I appreciate.

Speaker 1 (55:44):
You, all right.

Speaker 2 (55:45):
Man, So, you know, continue to support Percy and the
Prince of fresh Air, and you know, continue to be
on the lookout for for his continued assent, you know,
through Hollywood, and I'm looking listen. I'm your host, Detroit Garden.
See you next week. Peace and blessings, Peace,