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Diggs plays Collin, a felon living in Oakland, as he tries to get through the last three days of his year-long probation without incident. Diggs and Casal wrote the film over nine years to tell a story about their quickly gentrifying hometown as they knew it. [ 43 ]
May 25, 2016 · Hamilton star Daveed Diggs has come a long way from his days as a struggling artist, when he first arrived in New York almost 12 years ago. Long before his Flash-like rhyming as the Marquis de...
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D aveed Diggs is done talking about Hamilton. The American actor, rapper, writer and musician won fame, a Grammy and a Tony award for his role in the global musical phenomenon. But that was...
- Daveed Diggs Was A Record-Breaking Track Star In College. A dazzling performance with the rest of the cast of Hamilton at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards saw Daveed Diggs exhibiting his astonishing physicality by literally leaping off the stage, a skill he attributed, while having a talk with Boston.com, to his experience while attending Brown University.
- Daveed Diggs Has Been Rapping Since Long Before Hamilton. While his talent for dropping sick, high-speed rhymes did not make him a mainstream sensation until the Broadway debut of Hamilton, rapping has been Daveed Diggs' specialty since high school.
- Daveed Diggs’ Vocals Were Dubbed By Nas In The Get Down. Speaking of the period piece tracing the roots of hip-hop, when The Get Down's narrator, Daveed Diggs, makes his official appearance as the adult Ezekiel Figuero (otherwise known as "Books" and played as a teen by Justice Smith) you might have noticed that his voice is distinctly different from its natural sound.
- The Concept For Blindspotting Came From Daveed Diggs' Poetry Collaborations With Rafael Casal. In Blindspotting, Daveed Diggs plays a man whose nearly ended parole is threatened by tragic circumstances and the problematic actions of his best friend (Rafael Casal).
Nov 13, 2017 · Thank goodness Diggs’ parents empowered his individuality as a child. His tireless charisma and tour de force musical abilities have made him one of the brightest modern talents on stage and screen.
Nov 12, 2020 · The show’s runaway success changed his life beyond all recognition, putting a Tony and a Grammy on his mantelpiece and helping him land high-profile roles in Netflix series Black-ish, musical...
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Feb 28, 2018 · Diggs, who recently partnered with Zelle to launch a national ad campaign with the creative agency Huge, shared other life lessons he learned along the way. Money is not the driving force of his...