Setbacks, loss and obstacles have not kept Southeast Texas actor Iman Shakur from finding that breakthrough role of a lifetime.
The 27-year-old spent most of his childhood in New Orleans, but moved to Texas after Hurricane Katrina devastated his hometown.
Shakur attended Langham Creek High School in Cypress, Texas, playing football and experiencing the typical ups and downs that most teenagers go through until the fateful day that launched his journey.
“I experienced my first great loss in high school, losing my God brother to gun violence and that sent me down a deep depression,” Shakur says.
“But on the other side of that depression was getting the opportunity to find myself find what actually makes me happy. I learned how to deal with grief and found acting.”