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and saw police brutality, gang shootings, crack cocaine and the criminal industrial complex wreck lives and communities. "I knew that wasn't how I wanted to live," he said. He recalls gazing up at 114 Street and Success Avenue in the City of Watts. It was, literally, a sign. At 9, after moving to Compton, he attended a play put on by a community theater group. He was inspired. He didn't know it, but he ibe!ublfo!ijt!stu!tufq!upxbse!tvqfstubsepn!po! the Big Screen and as a TV producer, actor, host and writer. Fast-forward to black-ish , which co-stars, among others, Laurence Fishburne and Tracee Ellis Ross (daughter of music icon Diana Ross). The show, which ABC has renewed for a seventh season, has been nominated for a Golden Globe and won an NAACP Image award for best comedy series, and Anderson has earned several honors for his role as Dre. In August, he was awarded a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
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(L-R) Brian Dobbins, Miles Brown, Anderson, Marcus Scribner, Deon Cole, and Marsai Martin accept the Outstanding Comedy Series award for Black-ish onstage at the 50th NAACP Image Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 30, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame honored Anderson with the rst-ever virtual ceremony at Historic Hollywood Museum.
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