Earned a Art Scholarship to the Detroit Academy of Arts & Science when he was 9 years old.
Is of Creole descent.
Has a degree in Advertising and Public Relations & a Master in Public Administration.
Cousin is Michelle Joan Papillion, a Los Angeles actress.
He and his two sisters are all born in the same week of March.
Cousin is actor Ben Guillory who is well known for his role in the Color Purple and also the Co-Founder and Artistic Director for the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles.