On the latest episode of Jalen Rose’s podcast “Renaissance Man,” he learns about Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s time acting on “The Cosby Show” and his connection to hip…
“I told my parents that I was going to either be a famous poet, a famous actor or famous basketball player,” he told me on this week’s “Renaissance Man,” adding, “so don’t ask about my game.”
“Everybody loved ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ and ‘Sanford and Son’ and I watched them because, like everyone else, I was starved to see people who look like me on television. But like the show that as a kid that really rocked it was ‘Benson,'” he told me. “Benson was always the smartest dude in the room.”which not only changed America, but “legitimized” the black middle class, which had always been there.
“Cosby” also opened up some incredible doors for him. As a teen, he hosted “Saturday Night Live” and was able to choose the musical guest.. He directed New Edition’s “N.E. Heart Break” video in 1989. And since the sitcom was filmed in New York, he was exposed to the golden era of rap. At one hip-hop show, he was approached by a guy in a powder blue Adidas sweatsuit with a matching Kangol.
Malcolm-Jamal’s own musical style is difficult to pin down. He is a bass player, though he can also play the piano and the trumpet. He resists labels of neo soul, jazz and R&B.
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