His father is African-American and his mother is of Italian and French-Canadian descent.
In his senior year of high school, he was ranked in the top 1% of young artists in the United States by the National Young Arts Foundation. He was honored by receiving a nomination for the U.S. Presidential Scholar of the Arts.
He graduated from the Orange County School of the Arts in 2013 with a major in acting.
Despite the last name, there is no relation with Will Smith and his family.
