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Why almost no credits after miami vice?


Does he not like acting?

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He switched to music.

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I wonder how serious that was.

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He appears to do more composing than singing. At 70, he may be retired.

His daughter is a country singer-songwriter. She has a beautiful voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8j8HGU9eVw

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SAME REASON TIBBS FROM IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT THE SHOW HAS ALMOST NO RESUME AFTER THE SHOW...DRUGS,BAD CHOICES AND MINIMAL TALENT.

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I remember reading about him in an interview in one of those little Black magazines about the size of a TV Guide back in the mid 90s. In the article, he stated that he said a lot of roles offered to him were like second-hand rip-offs of Miami Vice and he was still only asked to be the side-kick. He also stated that he wanted to pursue different types of roles like an ER doctor, lawyer, or a businessman but that no such roles really existed for a Black man, no matter how familiar his mug was back then. He also stated that over 75% of the roles his agent could get him auditions for were Gangster/Kingpin types and he wanted no part of that.

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I remember reading up on him back when Miami Vice was in its final season and I was shocked to learn that he was the father of something like 27 children

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