"I definitely got a ton of confidence back there not that I'm you know and then slowly along the way ebbed and flow like as new situations arose," he says. "When Cuba opened up is I can't really 40s I'm a pay for you send me back whenever so being drew went down and this is the most random incident in my life." He has never left the country but ran into Quincy Jones in Havana.
Today, we dig into the fascinating life of someone Malcolm knows very well: fellow Pushkin host Justin Richmond. Malcolm and Justin talk about being the product of biracial marriages, surviving racist bullies, and Justin's chance dinner with a megastar that changed his life.
Justin created his newest show, Started from the Bottom, to talk with successful people who grew up as outsiders about how they made it against the odds. Origin stories of mostly men and women of color and brilliant people who others counted out. How they climbed their way up the ladder, and the obstacles they overcame along the way.
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