🎙️🌟VISUAL REEL🌟🎙️
U.S. based African voice actor: Broadcast Quality Home Studio, Trained and Experienced in both pre-lay and ADR VO!
Shoutout to the MVP,
@nickeemVO
for his wonderful editing and endless magnitude of patience for my finicky nonsense!🙏🏿👑
Okay, NOW can we blatantly address the colorism at hand?
The big beautiful badass Black man, the darkest person on the entire character roster, who was integral to the plot by the way, was consciously removed and replaced—explain THAT to me!
Try to make this make sense!
I love seeing Black characters who have healthy White friends. It's very common to find White people who try to make us their token Black yes-men.
Media that gives us our own agency & lets us be cool on our own terms make these friendships all the more respectable & believable.
Imagine collectively bullying a Black person out of a role, only for the actor who returned to reveal herself as an ego driven Karen attacking her own peers...🙃
This your queen? You hurt Black people for her?
All this taught me is that the anime community can only fail itself.
Jeez, I’m just so flabbergasted to see that Freckle has so many fans!
I appreciate all the praise and affection for the character and my performance! You’re all so lovely, kind and compassionate about this franchise!!!🧡🥰🧡
No one ever talks about how nerds can be bullies and jerks too:
The know-it-all’s, the gatekeepers, the rage-a-holic fanatics, the awkward creepers, pick-me’s, pseudo-intellectuals and especially the Edgelords.
They all sucked as bratty kids then, they’re even WORSE as adults.
To any white actors giving up their work for black actors, I understand the intentions behind it, but instead of sacrificing your bread, why not use your studio level seniority to push for more diversity? Why not recommend more POC inclusion to your directors and clients? (1/4)
Thank you to
@VivziePop
and
@DanaTerrace
for your continued support of the Lackadaisy franchise!
Check out Owl House, Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel (make sure to hype up HH when the time comes!)
❤️🦉😈♣️❤️
I can finally say that I voice a character with an official TOY! Plush Freckle coming soon, I CAN’T WAIT!
My favorite babyface kitty is gonna be added to my project memorabilia collection!!!🥹🧡
Just a heads up: Dark skin does NOT immediately mean Black.
For example, there can be Hispanic, Hawaiian, Indian, Filipino, Indigenous, and/or SWANA/MENA people and characters with dark skin.
Example below: Damian takes after his mother, Talia, who is Arab and Chinese.
So many comments asking why Damian Wayne is black in
#BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures
shows how people are not used to seeing Middle Eastern representation in entertainment.
Looking forward to joining GlitchX for the Voice Acting Gameshow with
@kovox
@ElsieLovelock
and several others! It’s gonna be a WILD time!
#GlitchX
will be live on Thursday, November 9th @ 4pm PT on the
@glitch_prod
YouTube channel!
“Recasting is part of the Biz”—-until it happens to me!
You forgot to say what you ACTUALLY meant.
Otherwise you wouldn’t be burning bridges and causing mess over a role you absolutely didn’t need.😂
People handed the world can’t stomach sharing a slice of the pie.
Don't mind me, just collecting a few of my favorite shots of my baby boy, Freckle!🧡
The versatility of his expressions get me every time, I love Lackadaisy so much, nothing but respect and appreciation to the whole animation team!
It's here, it's FINALLY HERE EVERYBODY!!! My first ever gig in a Union project, AND my first ever Black anime character!
I voice Winner Perkins in the Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Rail Zeppelin Grace Note Special! Check the dub out now!
#NEWS
The Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Rail Zeppelin Grace note Special "Waver, Reunion, and the Magic Lantern" is coming to Blu-ray on November 15th!
🛒 Pre-order now:
Plus, the new English dub of the episode starts streaming today on
@Crunchyroll
!
Black people can get snubbed for work, success and opportunity because of literally anything outside our control, it’s not even funny.
You could be as openly nice as possible, and you STILL get unwarranted flack.
Worst part: If we ever DO mess up, EVERYONE makes it well-known.
I don’t think I can even articulate the sheer love & pride I am feeling right now!! It’s an honor to announce that I’ll be playing Kakeru Sengoku in
@FUNimation
’s dub of Horimiya! All the love in the universe to
@caitlinsvoice
and
@ReadyKafka
for this grandiose opportunity❤️😭❤️
Trans/Non-Binary actors leading in anime.
That said, it’s STILL not enough, there should be more successes and opportunities in not just dubbing, but in the VO industry in general🎙
Hire more trans actors for projects, I guarantee you there’s a gem you haven’t dug up yet!🏳️⚧️
The most plus ultra part of this was was getting to voice the madhouse that is Ending, in My Hero Academia! Thank you so much
@ccarrollbeard
&
@Funimation
for having me for this twisted hot mess! Thanks for also giving me the chance to simp for
@Seitz_Unseen
#MyHeroAcademia
@ArteiceTB
Marshall Lee being proper Black really shows how much Marceline AT LEAST deserved dreads. I know her actress has hair similar to Marcy, but it sucks how hard it was to get clarification about Marceline’s Blackness until seeing her Mom.
At least Marceline was cooking with style!
@DanaTerrace
@LackadaisyCats
Ohhh my gossssh!!!! Thank you for watching, Dana!!! I LOVE the Owl House so much (wicked sweet finale)! Coming from you, that praise means a lot!
Aspiring actors:
-Don’t be a jerk, people WILL talk and know.
-Don’t see your interactions with peers as transactional, make genuine friendships. (Don’t become a people pleaser either)
-Be on guard, spot red flags in behaviors, communicate safely and assess your interactions.
Just so we’re all clear, Miles Morales has been around since 2011 (TEN WHOLE YEARS), and has continued to evolve on his own merits with his own standalone content while Peter Parker STILL kills it with his own stuff. There can be more than one friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
Normalize NOT telling strangers to unalive themselves challenge.
Difficulty: Impossible, apparently.
I guess asking for clarification w/ people you admire is harder than just cyber bullying them. Regardless of your stances and intentions, this is NEVER okay.
So disgusting…
@BenjaminDiskin
What’s the point of casting him perfectly in animated form if he can’t come back perfectlyfor the live action version?
I would have given this movie the benefit of the doubt if Bubbles came back in full force played by Ving Rhames in live action!
This isn’t JUST actors, it’s art as a whole: artists, writers, everyone in entertainment is at risk of being swapped out.
Not because the technology itself is plotting and scheming, but because the people in control are! We’re seen as assets that can be swapped if they see fit.
The Lackadaisy mixer last night was INCREDIBLE!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who came over, everyone who made that night so much fun, and everyone who showed their endless support for the lot of us!
Best event of my entire life!🧡🥹
Show of hands, who else dreams of being a voice in a magical girl series? Not even just anime(Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Cardcaptor Sakura, or Doremi), I’m also talking something like Winx Club or W.I.T.C.H. for example.🙌
This year really has been a trip full of firsts for me:
First LA anime gigs, first Union gig, first pre-lay anime series, first Black anime role, first in-studio named anime character, first year for live-action ADR gigs, so on, so forth!
Here's to 2023!🙏🏿🥹
This adorable bean might not have a name, but he's MY adorable bean! Episode 5 dub of
#MyDressUpDarling
is up, check it out!
So blessed to have worked with
@EmilyJFajardo
, thank you so much for having me over, and allowing me to work off of
@LeeandLie
's radiant wholesomeness!
Knuckles shouldn’t be written as dumb.
He’s a nurturer with an intrinsic belief in the goodness of others. His lack of social cues and the weight of his culture and destiny on his shoulders keeps him on edge.
The outside world is still new to him, and he’s always learning.
White people replacing other White people, no pushback, but the second it’s a BLACK person getting it—OMG!
It’s not even subtle either, the energy just says it all. I hate it here… -_-
When Black/POC kids see real life people like them playing their favorite characters, it makes them feel seen. It inspires them even further, because they know there's a place for them in the world too. It's not just about the character, it's about the chance to BE the character.
This is a photo from my final session on My Clueless First Friend. (Saved it for until the episode came out).
Funny story, after recording for episode 1, I decided to dress up as Hino for ALL my sessions.
Rocked the tank top for 12 episodes straight!
Commit to the bit!❤️
First role announcement of 2024!
I'm the voice of Eden from Metallic Rouge. LOOK AT THIS MAN! You have no idea how happy I am to share this announcement my involvement in this rocking show! Everyone sounds so GOOD!!!
Thank you
@MikeMcFarlandVA
for having me onboard!
This SAG agreement has “exceptions to consent” for monopolizing your likeness and making money without you actually getting work?
They didn’t fight the problems, they just reworded it to be more marketable to the greedy producers!
This vote is better be a unanimous “No”.
Trans actors have some of the most gorgeous voices out there, and if you don’t consider at least listening to what they have to offer, you are sorely missing out, bub!🏳️⚧️🤍💙💕💖
Protect your Asian loved ones, whether they are friends, colleagues, neighbors, co-workers, just try to make sure you know they’re safe and sound! What’s going on right now is truly fucked up, and anyone who wants to justify it doesn’t deserve a platform
#StopAsianHate
Can we PLEASE just have more mainstream Black fiction where Black people get to be cool/fun, visible, with lots of variation in personality and presentation, AND can talk about our systemic issues without turning said systemic issues into trashy exploitative feature length films?
Happy
#juneteenth2022
!!!
When I first started, I was afraid of how to approach my Blackness in acting, but getting to bring life to so many Black/dark-skinned characters make me so blessed to be as unapologetically Black as I am now!
Happy birthday to a friend, genius, masterful artist, and inspiration:
@LackadaisyCats
!!!
Celebrate her accomplishments, as her magnum opus, Lackadaisy, is officially getting an animated series based on her brilliant comics!
Aspire to study, craft and dream just like Tracy!❤️
🏴☠️ATTENTION CREW🏴☠️
It’s an honor to announce that I provided my voice in One Piece(Episode 747-758)! This is my first ever creature booking, as TWO animal travel companions: Warney🐊 and Nekozaemon🐱
Thank you
@MikeMcFarlandVA
@Bowling4day
@Funimation
for having me onboard!!!
Well then, now that it's FINALLY been a whole cat dogging week, I'd love to say THANK YOU to all the viewers and fans for the support on Lackadaisy, holy smokes! 4.5 Million views in the first week of the premiere!!!
Y'all made such immense visibility possible! Thank you all!🧡
Wow, it’s like THAT?!
I can just taste the lack of appreciation🔥
Yandere Dev, Yandere Dev~
You had a solid cast and crew of volunteers, it’s all YOUR fault it came to this AND why your game is trash.
9 years, and MUCH better games were developed in less time with less people.
During a studio session, I was told about a Black trans character and I was asked (uncomfortably) if I wanted to play her.
Straight up, I said no, and did one better: I recommended a list of Black trans actresses, and one of them rightfully got the role. You CAN just say NO!
It's almost been a year since, but for those who don't know yet, I'm repped by
@CESDTalent
NY!
They've been so swell to work with, and I've had so much optimism for my career since they brought me onboard!
Not even gonna QRT
I hate what you’re doing BECAUSE I love to create! As both an artist and as an actor, it astounds me how people who built success off hard work are trying to goad people into a dangerous shortcut that impedes on the very foundation of such a creative industry!
It REALLY shouldn't be this common for us as a community to go out of our way to tell other ADULTS not to sext their fans, to tell ADULTS not to extort sex from their fans using their "fame".
You are grown enough to know better, and you STILL came after minors. F*ck your sorry.
If anyone receives an email supposedly from Paypal demanding you fill out all your private info like this, DON’T GO TO IT! It’s a scam artist that wants siphon your private info.
Can people PLEASE learn to not be weird about Black people for once?
Like—dang. If your trigger response is to always pop off when a good thing revolves around Black people, at that point, you’re the one actively looking for trouble raising a stink and making that OUR problem.
Trip down memory lane:
-Traveled outside of TX all by myself.
-Got to work on a season 2 of my first major anime gig.
-Got to be in every episode of a whole anime.
-Played a major character in an animated movie.
-Booked my first Commercial Gig.
-Cosplayed as characters I voiced.
Can people just stop acting like actors have executive power over everything in a production? There’s only so much an actor can do outside of representing the character, this mindset that we are some kind of secret puppet masters is not only untrue, but undeservedly hostile.
~FIRST LA ANIME GIG!~
The episode is out, so you can hear me sprinkled all over Episode 8 of Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2!
I had so much fun recording spirits, crowds, and guards in this episode. Thank you so much
@BangZoom
and
@staleybud
for having me on board!!
If the lack of participation is anything to go by, solidarity and SAG don’t go together in the same sentence at all.
I don’t wanna hear anymore flack about Non-Union/Fi-Core when an AI Rider Waiver keeps us safer than the Union itself.
In the end, who really won? Not us…
As much as I’d love to work on more anime in 2022 onward, I’d LOVE to also work on more original 2D animations, whether by freelance animators or studios, maybe even networks🙏🏾💜
Something about seeing how your voice is animated while hearing it back gets me so jovial!
This year has been nothing short of a rollercoaster for me, and I thank each and everyone one of you for your love and endless support! Here’s to more in the coming future!!! Thank you all😭
🎂🎉🥳💯🎁💜👑💪🏾
Toxic voice actors getting replaced is quite the firsthand experience to show just how mid they actually were the whole time when compared to a better actor.
Clout shouldn’t be encouragement for misconduct, unless you want your peers to show just how replaceable you really are.
This was too painful to read…Toriyama’s work and influence has had a profound impact on me my entire life, I can’t believe this is actually real.
Thank you for changing the whole world with your creative vision. Rest in Peace😢
Putting this in it's own tweet:
REMOTE RECORDING FOR CHRONICALLY ILL/DISABLED ACTORS!!!
People who need to put more money towards their health, stability and general comfort shouldn't have to be forced to migrate from their support system for the CHANCE of work.
If I were to describe my 2021, it'd be an explosive rollercoaster. Some of my favorite roles of all time came from this year alone, as well as a chance to take pride in being a Black voice actor, getting to represent in my own way.
~Thank you everyone for an awesome year!!!
Trans actors? I'd love to see what the industry truly has to offer, since I know dang well there's way more of you folks out there than we see in media.
Feel free to talk about yourself (if you're safe to) or tag openly trans actors you know & admire🏳️⚧️
#TransDayOfVisibility
More hybrid casting:
-LA x TX x NY casts (anime, cartoons and games)
-More remote actors in big LA gigs
-More Canadian dubs / Canadian actors in American projects.
-Talent all over the country in projects together.
-Talent outside the States booking work FROM the States.
I'm the voice of Akira Ichinose, the "Young Noble of Ousei" as calls himself, from
#CheatSkill
!
This might be the most natural I've ever felt in an anime, getting to embrace both maximum zesty energy and a soft inflection.
Lots of love to
@ReadyKafka
for having me onboard!
It may have been for one line, but just know that I was as excited as this adorkable triclops goober when I got the opportunity to voice him. Thank you so much
@ccarrollbeard
for this opportunity❤️💜❤️💜❤️
#MyHeroAcademia
is so lit, check out Season 5!🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for all the birthday shoutouts, it’s been wonderful seeing so many lovely fellows, fans and friends alike cheering me on!!!
2023 has been such a wonderful year for me, but all of you make me feel loved even more loved and appreciated! Can’t thank y’all enough!🙏🏾💜👑
Hoping we see more remote recorded dubs as the 2020s continue. So much change has happened all over the industry in the span of 3-4 years.
Saying that out loud, can you believe we’re almost halfway into this decade?
You know, if someone PERSONALLY steps down, why is it so dang hard for people outside of this industry to respectfully understand their choice in the matter?
Trump is a felon, a sex pest, an open bigot, and the fact that he’s allowed to run for office AGAIN shows how corrupt America is.
This is basically Nazi Germany: the American remix. If Trump wins, might as well leave the country before they re-legalize slavery and lynching!
🚨🚨🚨THIS is Project 2025.
THIS is what Trump & Republicans have drawn up to rule America in 2025. It’s still very underreported. This ENDS America and democracy as we know it. Understand
#Project2025
and inform everyone you know!
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
We did it…WE ACTUALLY DID IT!!! We got a MILLION in our first week!!!
Thank you all for making this a reality!🥹🧡😭👏🏾✨🔥
We’ve still got less than a month left, and not gonna lie, it’d be wicked to have mini-episodes and a Blu-Ray release!🤩
N/F/T’s and A*I art are scams, plain and simple. You are literally regurgitating other people’s hard work and pre-existing assets to make a dog-water end result.
It’s not about inability or lack of access; it’s the unwillingness to learn and grow, and straight up scheming.
I'd rather know we're given new opportunities on the same level rather than taking them away from others, especially when they know we could all be given a chance to voice anything we want. I'd rather you not stifle yourselves to give us what’s essentially a handicap. (2/4)
@Saberspark
The irony of claiming that all media is propaganda only to make your own indoctrination platform of cartoons for children.
I’m glad everyone seeing this is witnessing Conservatives straight up EXPOSING their terrible parenting and broken family dynamics. This was terrible…
🎾PRINCE OF TENNIS🎾 dub is finally out!
So nostalgic! I used to watch PoT back on Toonami Jetstream as a kid! Now, you can hear me briefly in the Prince of Tennis II OVA as Kenjirō Koishikawa!
Thank you eternally to
@TheHowardWang
&
@SoundCadence
for having me onboard!🙏🏿🤩✨
There is nothing that stings more as a Black/Dark-skinned actor wanting to work in JRPGs than your opportunities being limited to the RARE instances of Black/Dark-skinned characters OR animals/monsters/aliens.
We can voice light-skinned human heroes in these games too.
Been seeing this eat minds, so just saying: Not getting cast in anime dubs doesn’t mean you lack skill.
Anime is NOT the end all be all for your career. MANY amazing actors work outside of ADR. Besides, pre-lay animation, video games, commercials, etc. are awesome too!
To all the lovely Black people out there doing what they love in creative media, whether it’s acting, music, storytelling, animation, etc., just keep winning, keep believing in your passions, and just keep doing you.
Don’t let anyone dull your crown.👑