Jake’s Take Podcast: Terayle Hill

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com

It is a pleasure to welcome actor, singer, producer, and philanthropist Terayle Hill to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. 

Terayle stars as Marquise Howard in the popular TV series: Step Up. Based on the Step Up film franchise, the series follows the students and teachers at Atlanta’s High Water Performing Arts School, one of the city’s most cutthroat performing arts schools. In its third season, Marquise is finding his voice in every area of his life as he continues to grow as a performer in the music world. Some of Terayle’s co-stars include Carlito Olivero, Faizon Love, Ne-Yo, Christina Millan, and Tricia Helfer.

Terayle Hill is also starring as Todd Wesley in BET+’s original holiday film A Wesley Christmas. The film follows adult siblings Chris, Todd, and Cydney Wesley as they travel to their childhood home in Washington, DC, to celebrate the Christmas holidays with their parents, Bryan and Sylvia, and their entire family. Upon arrival, all kinds of family drama, a crazy neighbor, and conflict ensue. With the Wesley Family together and all their physical and emotional baggage in tow, this annual family get-together promises to be a festive, hot mess of a Christmas season with life-changing impacts for the entire family. 

When he is not acting, Terayle Hill is the co-founder and co-owner of Everybodies Inc. This multi-branch media enterprise creates and produces original series, music appeal, and more. Terayle and Ivan Gaskin worked to build and organize a team of over 100 creatives to come together and tell stories like never before. Everybodies Inc. has multiple branches, including the Everybodies Network Channel on YouTube, the Everybodies Music Group, Everybodies Publishing, and Everybodies Appeal. 

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar PodcastTerayle Hill spoke about Marquise Howard’s character evolution on Step Up and previewed his role in the BET+ Christmas film: A Wesley Christmas. 

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America’s Got Talent (AGT) is celebrating its 21st season!Judges Simon Cowell, Sofía Vergara, Howie Mandel, and Mel B, alongside host Terry Crews, will return for the 21st search for the million-dollar talent on June 2 on NBC and Peacock. To commemorate the 21st season, Jake’s take with Jacob Elyachar is taking a retrospective on the 21 auditions that changed the NBC talent competition forever:1) Rapping Granny (Vivian Smallwood)* – Season One FINALIST2) Terry Fator – Season Two WINNER3) Nuttin' But Stringz – Season Three FINALISTS4) Barbara Padilla – Season Four RUNNER-UP5) Prince Poppycock – Season Five FOURTH PLACE6) Team iLuminate – Season Six THIRD PLACE7) Kenichi Ebina – Season Eight WINNER8) Mat Franco – Season Nine WINNER9) Emil & Dariel – Season Nine FINALISTS10) Drew Lynch – Season 10 RUNNER-UP11) The Clairvoyants – Season 11 RUNNERS-UP 12) Shin Lim – Season 13 WINNER 13) Angel City Chorale – Season 13 SEMIFINALISTS14) Kodi Lee – Season 14 WINNER15) Voices of Service – Season 14 FIFTH PLACE16) Brandon Leake – Season 15 WINNER17) Nightbirde* – Season 16 PARTICIPANT 18) Drake Milligan – Season 17 THIRD PLACE &  Chapel Hart – Season 17 FIFTH PLACE 19) Mzansi Youth Choir – Season 18 FINALISTS20) Ramadhani Brothers – Season 18 FIFTH PLACE21) Jessica Sanchez – Season 20 WINNERWhat are your favorite AGT auditions of all-time?*= Of Blessed MemoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jake-s-take-with-jacob-elyachar–4112003/support.
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For more information about Everybodies Inc, visit their website.

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