A contestant just made history on America’s Got Talent! During the latest episode of auditions on AGT on Tuesday (June 30), Brandon Leakes hit the stage as the show’s first-ever spoken word poet.
During his audition, the 27-year-old college counselor opened up about his childhood. “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,” Brandon 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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