When I sat down with Brian Tyree Henry to talk about playing in his first biopic, "The Fire Inside," I couldn't help but ask him about the breakout role that I remember him most for: Paper Boi from Donald Glover's award-winning FX comedy-drama series "Atlanta."
Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles was a gritty, old school, big polo shirt and heavy chain-wearing type of artist making his way in the world full of coked-up, man purse-toting mumble rappers in skinny jeans. He represented hope for an expired generation. He was a rare win for the common man and maybe even the resurgence of the '90s golden era of rap that will never come back.
