Indeed, his life looks a whole lot different these days, and he’s ready to let the rest of the world in on it. Stanfield, who has two daughters under age 7 from past relationships, is building a happy new chapter with Kasmere, a first-time mom.
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Adds LaKeith: “Being in the public eye can be something that’s amazing, but it can also be something that is very hard on you. There needs to be things that exist that are sacred and not for consumption for everybody.” Their reason for speaking out now: “We want to be the ones to tell our story. We’re bringing our family forward so we may inspire others.”
Long private about his life off-screen, LaKeith built his career with intense, scene-stealing performances, including as the eccentric Darius in the FX seriesAtlantaand as a mysterious key figure in 2017’s horror hitGet Out. In 2021 his turn as an FBI informant inJudas and the Black Messiahearned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
He stars in the new filmHaunted Mansion, but given the current strikes in Hollywood, he’s happy to redirect his focus to another passion: his music. His EPBrotherwill be released later this summer under his stage name Htiekal (LaKeith spelled backward). “It’s an opportunity for me to be expressive in a way that I’m not always able to,” he says of the audiovisual project, which combines synth and soul.
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He and Kasmere met in Canada, where LaKeith was working. At first, “we were just feeling each other out, like maybe this will be a cool friend,” says LaKeith. “As love does, it just smacked us out of nowhere. I’m working on my music, writing and writing, and then this person who I was seemingly writing about pops up in my life. It was strange.”
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