JHARREL JEROME is an Emmy, Critics Choice, and NAACP Image Award winning actor who recently released his first single, FOR REAL (feat. Kemba), produced by Take A Daytrip. Jerome’s venture into hip hop music has been building for years, as he worked to write songs and lyrics that ultimately brought him to this first mainstream release. Long before Jerome found success as an Emmy-winning actor, he cites hip hop as his first love – being influenced early on by artists such as Slick Rick and Big Pun. FOR REAL is described by Jerome as "just a glimpse of who I am as an artist," as he details that "the record explains my fear of social media and allowing people in... I still trap myself inside of a shell." Jerome was recently seen as the lead in Ava DuVernay’s Netflix four-part limited series WHEN THEY SEE US, for which he won the 2019 Emmy for Lead Actor in a Miniseries, the 2020 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television, and the 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. He made his feature film debut in Barry Jenkins' film MOONLIGHT, for which he and his cast mates earned countless accolades including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Film and an MTV Movie Award.