history on Tuesday with just his words. The 27-year-old college counselor hit the stage as the show's first-ever spoken word poet, and his deeply emotional performance earned him Howie Mandel's Golden Buzzer.Before hitting the stage, Leake opened up in a pretaped segment about his childhood, growing up in Stockton, California.«I grew up in a neighborhood where drugs and gang violence were rampant.
My mom worked 15 different jobs to make sure I was provided for,» Leake said, before mentioning how he became a big brother at age 4 when his parents welcomed his baby sister.«My family very much insulated me into this very loving household, and then when I became a teenager, there came this anger.
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