Michael K. Williams, the Dancer | The Queen Latifah Show

we've intersected throughout our career so many times I mean um one of the first places I got to running to you and I was like Mike what's going on you were dancing yes so that was like the first we're out of the clubs now we have a purpose in life a job you know I was baby Queen Latifa and then you were starting to do your thing dancing and he danced for big artists I'm talking about madana I'm talking about George Michael I was so proud of you how did you break into dancing and like what was like the big turn for you there you know um well you know anybody knows my story I had a very turbulent child life and um my behavior had had landed me you know in some uh serious situations so I had to go and get my head together and when I came back I went looking for you and I was like well anybody seen Dana and they was like Mike you don't know and I was like what they said Dana on the radio I was like you know that I she she's serious you know that that I never forget that feeling I got like what do you mean she's on the radio Mike heard her record I order you to dance with me and you she all over the radio that was like and what that did was that um that gave me my first inspiration I was like you just you always inspired me I was like man if de could do it you know like maybe I could do it you know I couldn't rap though that was the only problem so so when I you know one day I was I was I had you know when I I got a job went to school and I was like okay I'm going make my mom's H make my mom proud and cuz my mom's my mom's a hardworking woman man she she worked hard to to to take care of us in the projects and um I saw Janet Jackson video and lost my mind was Rhythm Nation and I was like and then my light bulb went off I was like that's what I'm going to do I'm going to go and become a backup dancer for janana Jackson you know and uh you know I found my Niche you know that never happened I never got to dance for Janet Jackson but you know I did uh have a a pretty good career as a dancer got to travel the world and work with a lot of beautiful people and you know but that that inspiration the fact that I can even think about that it came from watching you become Queen Latifa that was like wow you know what mean me you know what but you reinpold I remember you uh you choreographed Crystal waters's video 100% love right yeah shout out to Crystal W shout out to Crystal Wen we had a clip of that too by the way uh-oh right here he come there he is oh man oh man that was so cool because oh look at [Applause] [Music] you la la la la la

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Length: 3min 2sec (182 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 01 2014