Quincy (actor)

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Quincy Brown
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Quincy in 2018
Born
Quincy Taylor Brown

(1991-06-04) June 4, 1991 (age 33)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2008–present
Spouse(s)Shawntae Brown or Shawntae Robseson, McCartney, Carter, Brown(Valdes)
Parent(s) Al B. Sure!
Kim Porter
Musical career
InstrumentVocals
Labels

Quincy Taylor Brown (born June 4, 1991) is an American actor, dancer, model and singer who performs under the Show name Quincy. He released his lead vocal first song in 2012. He had a co-starring role on the television musical drama Star and many other movies. He is the son of former model Kim Porter(Brown) and singer Al B. Sure! ( Albert Brown).

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Early life

Quincy was born on his father's Al B Sure birthday and was named after his godfather, music and entertainment icon Quincy Jones, Al B Sure!'s mentor. [1] In 1994, when he was three, his mother began a relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs, who eventually became an informal stepfather to Quincy and raised him as his own. [2] The couple had three more children together, a son, Christian, and twin daughters D'Lila and Jessie. [3] [4] [5] For his 16th birthday, Diddy and Porter threw Quincy a celebrity studded party in Atlanta that was featured on MTV's My Super Sweet 16. [6] His family moved around often but he spent most of his youth in Columbus, Georgia and later moved to Los Angeles, California in his final years of high school and completed his education at Calabasas High School.

Career

Quincy made his acting debut as Reggie in the 2012 film We the Party . In addition to being an actor and musician Quincy has embarked on other ventures including modeling and directing. In August 2012, Quincy walked in the Gaborone Fashion Weekend event in Botswana. [7] In January 2015, Quincy played the role of Jaleel in the film Dope . [8]

In June 2015, Quincy made his directorial debut with the music video for singer and actress Elle Winter's song No Words. [9] In 2016, he was cast in a recurring role as Daylon in the television show The Haves and the Have Nots . In February 2016, Quincy appeared in a campaign for the sneaker brand Creative Recreation. [10] On June 23, 2016, Quincy announced that he had signed a record deal with Bad Boy/Epic Records. [11] Also in 2016, he collaborated with the U.K fashion brand BoohooMan for their Autumn/Winter capsule collection and was the face of the campaign [12] On Valentines Day in 2017, Quincy released his first E.P entitled "This Is For You". It included songs like Sunshine and I can tell you. In 2018, he starred alongside Kat Graham as Josh in the Netflix original film The Holiday Calendar .

From 2016 to 2019, Quincy was cast in a lead role as Derek Jones on the television series Star . In 2019, Quincy directed and starred in Run Loubi Run, a short film for the fashion house Christian Louboutin's first ever social media campaign. [13] Also in 2019, Quincy was used by the luxe brand MCM Worldwide to launch its Sleep and Loungewear collection. [14] In 2020, he was part of a fashion campaign for the Coach and Bape collaboration and became the first male celebrity spokesperson for Coach New York watches. [15]

Quincy had a recurring role in the 2021, television drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan . He formerly played a character called Crown Camacho. In July 2021, Quincy was featured in the campaign for Ivy Park and Adidas's "Flex Park" collection. [16] Also in 2021, he was in the campaign for Montblanc and Maison Kitsuné's capsule collection and was used by Lacoste for the brands promotion of its L001 sneaker launch. [17] Quincy has appeared in magazines and has been featured in several online publications such as Vogue.com and Forbes.com. [18] [19]

Business ventures

He is the founder of the production company FourXample. [20] [21] He also has a watch line called Chalk by Quincy, [22] a jeans collection with Embellish and a start-up technology company. In 2019, Quincy developed and launched a picture editing app called Fresh Crop. [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 We the Party Reggie
2015 Brotherly Love Chris Collins
2015 Dope Jaleel
2015StreetDante
2018 The Holiday Calendar Josh

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 My Super Sweet 16 Himself2 episodes
2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Trey PeachEpisode: "Hero to Zero"
2015 Keeping Up With The Kardashians HimselfEpisode: "Rites Of Passage"
2016 The Haves and the Have Nots DaylonRecurring role; 3 episodes
2016–2019 Star [24] Derek JonesMain Cast
2017 The Wendy Williams Show HimselfOne episode
2018 Wild 'N Out HimselfEpisode: "The Comb Brothers"
2019 The Real HimselfOne episode
2020 The Eric Andre Show HimselfEpisode: "Is Your Wife Still Depressed ?"
2021–22 Power Book III: Raising Kanan CrownRecurring role
2024 The Family Business: New Orleans TBASeries regular

Music video appearances

YearTitleArtistRole
2010"All Black Everything" Soulja Boy Cameo
2013"My Baby" Zendaya Cameo
2015"Walk Away" Jasmine V Love interest
2021"Sobrio" Maluma Cameo

Discography

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