My dad moved to New York after he won "Soul Train" and the car and got settled in out there and was able to step right into Dance Theatre of Harlem a….

Gay, straight - whatever - adolescents in high school and coming out of junior high, that's such a difficult, awkward period and kids can be so cruel….

Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from..

Isaiah the prophet, Isaiah's second son was - his symbolic name was Mahershalalhashbaz. And Isaiah was - the Prophet Isaiah was instructed to write t….

There was things just like not being able to date or - I'm talking like 15, 16 - like just certain things that my friends started to do. Like, they s….

I didn't have the passion for athletics in that way, that there were other parts of me that felt under-served and that needed to be nurtured and need….

I do think that there are people who are able to connect with and empathize with anyone who is going through something difficult, just naturally. I d….

I never wanted to accept that. And so I have always fought against that in some way, shape or form and had - I've had people who have supported tryin….

I think in some ways, I would go back home, and I didn't really quite fit in and couldn't - didn't have a person to bounce those experiences off of. ….

So many Muslims would tell you that they felt like that you had to - you fold it into yourself because people were looking at you and recognizing you….

I wanted to get that scholarship to - a division one scholarship and play ball and go to school for free. And that, to me, was - I was always about g….

My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do backflips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, ….

[Crack epidemic] definitely has impacted folks in my family, most definitely. I think that's true for most, if not all people, regardless of color, t….

It was really a focus on how to in some ways keep moving in this direction towards something that allowed me to express myself in a way that sports d….

Anyone who grew up in the crack era - you know, I grew up in that era - knew that there were also people out - and there are still guys to this day t….

My parents were kids when I was born. My mother was 16. My father was 17, and they got married in high school. And they split a few years later. When….

My connection to music is so strong. I cling to it. I vibe out to it. I release stress to it. Music is really always close to me. It's really present….

Having a child is the polar opposite experience of the awards season experience. The awards-season experience requires you to be out in the community….