Was voted class president for three years in a row in High
School.
Was voted prom king in High School.
Speaks fluent French.
Posed for paintings by renowned African-American portrait painter, Kehinde Wiley. (Marriage of the Virgin, S.T. Peter and Alexander the Great). The paintings are often featured at museums or are in private collections.
Played a featured basketball player in a New York Knicks rookies
commercial directed by Spike Lee
Is featured in Julie Taymor's Beatles musical, Across the Universe.
Lives in both New York and Los Angeles (May 2008)
His directorial debut, "Maffé Tiga (Peanut Butter Stew)" was nominated in 2012 for an Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA) In the category of Best Short Film.
Is nicknamed "Chocolat Chaud" which means: Hot Chocolate in French.