Quincy Brown
Quincy in 2018
Born	Quincy Taylor Brown (1991-06-04)June 4, 1991 (age 33) New York City, U.S.
Years active	2008–present
Parent(s)	Al B. Sure! Kim Porter
Musical career
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Frequincy Bad Boy (former) Epic (former)
Musical artist

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

Quincy was born on his father's Al B Sure birthday and was named after his godfather, music and entertainment iconQuincy Jones, Al B Sure!'s mentor.^[1] In 1994, when he was three, his mother began a relationship withSean "Diddy" Combs, who eventually became an informal stepfather to Quincy and raised him as his own.^[2] The couple had three more children together.^[3][4][5] For his 16th birthday, Diddy and Porter threw Quincy a celebrity studded party in Atlanta that was featured onMTV'sMy Super Sweet 16.^[6] His family moved around often but he spent most of his youth inColumbus, Georgia and later moved to Los Angeles, California in his final years of high school and completed his education at Calabasas High School.

Quincy made his acting debut as Reggie in the 2012 filmWe 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 inBotswana.^[7]In January 2015, Quincy played the role of Jaleel in the filmDope.^[8]

In June 2015, Quincy made his directorial debut with the music video for singer and actress Elle Winter's songNo Words.^[9]In 2016, he was cast in a recurring role as Daylon in the television showThe Haves and the Have Nots. In February 2016, Quincy appeared in a campaign for the sneaker brand Creative Recreation.^[10]On June 23, 2016, Quincy announced that he had signed a record deal withBad Boy/Epic Records.^[11] Also in 2016, he collaborated with the U.K fashion brandBoohooMan for their Autumn/Winter capsule collection and was the face of the campaign^[12]OnValentine's Day in 2017, Quincy released his first E.P entitled "This Is For You". It included songs likeSunshine andI can tell you. In 2018, he starred alongsideKat Graham as Josh in the Netflix original filmThe Holiday Calendar.

From 2016 to 2019, Quincy was cast in a lead role as Derek Jones on the television seriesStar.In 2019, Quincy directed and starred inRun Loubi Run, a short film for the fashion houseChristian Louboutin's first ever social media campaign.^[13]Also in 2019, Quincy was used by the luxe brandMCM Worldwide to launch its Sleep and Loungewear collection.^[14]In 2020, he was part of a fashion campaign for the Coach andBape collaboration and became the first male celebrity spokesperson forCoach New York watches.^[15]

Quincy had a recurring role in the 2021, television dramaPower Book III: Raising Kanan. He formerly played a character called Crown Camacho. In July 2021, Quincy was featured in the campaign forIvy Park andAdidas's "Flex Park" collection.^[16] Also in 2021, he was in the campaign forMontblanc andMaison Kitsuné's capsule collection and was used byLacoste for the brands promotion of its L001 sneaker launch.^[17]Quincy has appeared in magazines and has been featured in several online publications such asVogue.com andForbes.com.^[18][19]

He is the founder of the production company FourXample.^[20][21] He also has a watch line called Chalk by Quincy,^[22] a jeans collection with Embellish and a start-up technology company. In 2019, Quincy developed and launched a picture editing app called Fresh Crop.^[23]

• Quincy atIMDb

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• Male actors from New York City
• Singers from New York City
• 21st-century American singer-songwriters
• 21st-century American male singers
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