Malik Yoba spoke to VladTV about wanting to be an actor after starring in a production of Alice and Wonderland when he was 4. Malik went on to speak about being part of several theater groups growing up and getting to watch and interact with Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson when he was a teenager. 

Malik also spoke about being kicked out of his house when he was 16 and booking Cool Runnings when he was 24, followed by New York Undercover. To hear more, including how he had a record deal when he got Cool Runnings, hit the above clip.