Jharrel Jerome is only 22 years old, but he's already had a remarkable career as an actor, garnering critical acclaim for his performance as Kevin in Barry Jenkins's Best Picture-winning Moonlight and, more recently, becoming the first Afro-Latino actor to win an Emmy for acting after starring in Ava DuVernay's When They See Us.
His latest feature-length project, Concrete Cowboy, just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, but aside from that, the Bronx native has been pretty quiet over the past year or so.
Now we know why: Jerome has been working on getting a music career off the ground, testing out new sounds in the studio and working to hone his voice.
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