The Importance of Black Fatherhood in Film w/ Malik Yoba

Our guest, Malik Yoba was born in the Bronx and is an actor, youth and fatherhood advocate, singer and has many other accomplished talents. For the the older school he is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama New York Undercover and as Yul Brenner in the film Cool Runnings. For the newer school, He appeared as Gavin in the 2007 Tyler Perry film Why Did I Get Married? and its 2010 sequel Why Did I Get Married Too?. In 2015, he joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ Empire as Vernon Turner.

Malik is the father of 3 children.