Quincy

Quincy Taylor Brown (born June 4, 1991) is an American actor, dancer, model and singer who performs under the show name Quincy. He released his lead vocal first song in 2012. He had a co-starring role on the television musical drama Star and many other movies. He is the son of former model Kim Porter and singer Al B. Sure!.

Early life Quincy was born on the 23rd birthday of his father, Al B. Sure!, and was named after Quincy Jones, Al B Sure!'s mentor and Quincy's godfather. Both Quincy and his mother were both the subject of American quartet Jodeci's 1991 hit, "Forever, My Lady", In 1994, when he was three, his mother began a relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs, who eventually became an informal stepfather to Quincy and raised him as his own. The couple had three more children together. For his 16th birthday, Diddy and Porter threw Quincy a celebrity studded party in Atlanta that was featured on MTV's My Super Sweet 16. His family moved around often but he spent most of his youth in Columbus, Georgia and later moved to Los Angeles, California in his final years of high school and completed his education at Calabasas High School.

Career Quincy made his acting debut as Reggie in the 2012 film We the Party. In addition to being an actor and musician Quincy has embarked on other ventures including modeling and directing. In August 2012, Quincy walked in the Gaborone Fashion Weekend event in Botswana. In January 2015, Quincy played the role of Jaleel in the film Dope.

In June 2015, Quincy made his directorial debut with the music video for singer and actress Elle Winter's song No Words. In 2016, he was cast in a recurring role as Daylon in the television show The Haves and the Have Nots. In February 2016, Quincy appeared in a campaign for the sneaker brand Creative Recreation. On June 23, 2016, Quincy announced that he had signed a record deal with Bad Boy/Epic Records. Also in 2016, he collaborated with the U.K fashion brand BoohooMan for their Autumn/Winter capsule collection and was the face of the campaign On Valentine's Day in 2017, Quincy released his first E.P entitled "This Is For You". It included songs like Sunshine and I can tell you. In 2018, he starred alongside Kat Graham as Josh in the Netflix original film The Holiday Calendar.

From 2016 to 2019, Quincy was cast in a lead role as Derek Jones on the television series Star. In 2019, Quincy directed and starred in Run Loubi Run, a short film for the fashion house Christian Louboutin's first ever social media campaign. Also in 2019, Quincy was used by the luxe brand MCM Worldwide to launch its Sleep and Loungewear collection. In 2020, he was part of a fashion campaign for the Coach and Bape collaboration and became the first male celebrity spokesperson for Coach New York watches.

Quincy had a recurring role in the 2021, television drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. He formerly played a character called Crown Camacho. In July 2021, Quincy was featured in the campaign for Ivy Park and Adidas's "Flex Park" collection. Also in 2021, he was in the campaign for Montblanc and Maison Kitsuné's capsule collection and was used by Lacoste for the brands promotion of its L001 sneaker launch. Quincy has appeared in magazines and has been featured in several online publications such as Vogue.com and Forbes.com.

Business ventures He is the founder of the production company FourXample. He also has a watch line called Chalk by Quincy, a jeans collection with Embellish and a start-up technology company. In 2019, Quincy developed and launched a picture editing app called Fresh Crop.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 We the Party Reggie 2015 Brotherly Love Chris Collins 2015 Dope Jaleel 2015 Street Dante 2018 The Holiday Calendar Josh

Television

Music video appearances Year Title Artist Role 2010 "All Black Everything" Soulja Boy Cameo 2013 "My Baby" Zendaya Cameo 2015 "Walk Away" Jasmine V Love interest 2021 "Sobrio" Maluma Cameo

Discography

Extended plays Released: February 14, 2017 Label: Human Re-sources/Frequincy Format: Digital download

Singles + List of singles as lead artist Title Year Album "Stay Awhile" (feat. Kendré) 2012 "The First Thing" 2013 "Friends First" (feat. French Montana) 2014 "Exotic" (feat. G-Eazy)2015 "Record Straight" "Blue Dot" 2016 "Late Night Flex" This Is for You "I can tell you" (feat. Al B Sure!)

Guest appearances + List of guest appearances on singles Title Year Artist Album "Juice" 2015 Mike Darole A.W.A.P. (All Work All Play) "Incredible" 2013 Xia Junsu Incredible"Hennessy" 2020 Devin Kirtz N/A