“I’m a kid from the ‘90s. I’m from New York, so that music is in my blood.'
Set in Brooklyn, New York in 1994, the film is a followup to 2018’s"Transformers" prequel “Bumblebee,” which took place in 1987. The new feature follows Noah Diaz and Elena Wallace as they work with the Autobots — and an animal-themed species called Maximals — to fight against the evil Terrorcons, who plan to destroy Earth.
"I always listened to Notorious BIG and Jay Z and all those guys, so that was a huge part of my childhood," says the 31-year-old actor."My brother was always blasting hip-hop in the house. That's how I grew up." "My very first foray were the Fugees and first album," he recalls."It was like, 'Oh, yeah, okay.' You could very well come from a generation like mine, which is a few ahead of what the kids are trying to force feed me.""Man, there’s a lot of really deep thought here and social commentary," he says."Very, very poetic, brilliant wordsmithing."
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