We went through this very intimate time together where we were locked in hotel rooms, quarantined together, so we had to get to know each other and those are some people who I’ll forever keep in touch with… Outside of winning, that was the best part of it, having the community with people like Shaquira McGrath, Celina Graves, the Double Dragon twins, Brett Loudermilk, Austin and Joey with Broken Roots. Honestly, it was the people, my fellow competitors. It was a risk, but high risk, high reward, you know?Īnd looking back at your time on AGT now almost a year later, what stands out to you about the entire experience? They kind of all do, but I’d say probably the one that stands out most would be “Pookie” because it was the one that I didn’t think America would fall in love with, but they did.Īnd it was a very timely poem considering all that was going on in the world at the time and still going on. When you look back on your Season 15 performances now, which one stands out to you the most? I get the chance to share a stage with these young folks and not only give them wisdom in game, but give them the opportunity to share their God-given talents as well. In a weird way, winning America’s Got Talent, I became some people’s favorite artist and that’s kind of the case for a couple of these young poets who are coming and now I get the chance to be what I wish my favorite artist to me was. It’s one thing to introduce spoken word to AGT, but another to bring the next generation to the stage like you are. And for myself, I wanted to build an opportunity for other poets, in particular our young folks, to be able to not only be seen and heard but to get a chance to do it on America’s largest stage.Ī post shared by Brandon Leake is taking it to a whole new level. We’re looking forward to getting you up there.” And I said, “Hey, do you mind if I open up an opportunity for some young poets to be able to come share the stage with me?” And they were like, “Yeah, sure.” When you get the chance to carry the flag of an art form for a little bit, you don’t just look at what you have for yourself, but you look at what you can build for others. So, when I was talking with the lovely producers at AGT, they’re like, “Alright, cool. I’m not going to mention names, but there was potential for me and another poet to have collaborated, to do a poem together for the show, but then scheduling-wise, it just didn’t end up working. Talk about bringing these young poets along with you and how that came about? So now I get the chance to pull on heartstrings while staring you eye to eye and really leaning into these poems. There’s something really beautiful as an artist when you get the chance to look in the eyes of somebody while you’re doing your art form, and I didn’t get that during my season.
I’m looking forward to doing it with an audience. What are you most looking forward to about returning to AGT?
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