Sam Sarpong
Samuel Osei Sarpong Jr. (yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ anaasi, naar nwadig dabpiinɛ wai vʋe paae yʋʋm tusayi nɛ piinɛ nu nwadi piiga dabpiinɛ wai daar ,19 December 1974[1] – 26 October 2015) o da anɛ American sini maan kanɛ ka ba dʋ’a o British, ka an yʋm yʋʋma, ka mɛ len gɔsid la’ad yɛɛb yela. O paasi maali sini nam ka li tʋʋm pisyuobʋ ka maal sini nam pisnu nɛ anu TV zin’isin, ka sini si’eba an Carmen The Hip Hopera, Love Don't Cost a Thing, Keeping Up with the Steins, Anchor Baby nɛ No Weapons, anina ka o da di’e ya’an piini an one maal sini gaad o taaba bɛ San Diego Black Film Festival. O da len anɛ onɛ gɔsid TV ni di’ema kanɛ ka ba da maan MTV ni ka li yʋ’ʋr an Yo Momma la [2] yʋma atan’. One da an ninsabilig kanɛ an yiiga da gɔsid Tommy Hilfiger la’ad yɛɛb yela, one da gaadi li tuon wʋʋ yʋma ayi’ yel.[3]
O vʋm nɛ o kʋm yela
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Ba da dʋ’a Sam Sarpong nɛ London ka yii ni kɛŋ Los Angeles nɛ o saam, Sam Sarpong Sr., one an Ghana nid, on da an yʋma piinɛ yinne la.[4] O da kɛŋ sakur nɛ El Camino Real High School linɛ bɛ Woodland Hills, California, anina ka o da di’emid nu’us kikiid di’ema ka ba buon basketball la.[4] O saami da lɛbi kɛŋ Pasadena la, Sarpong da kpɛlim nɛ o zu’a yidim ni ka kpɛn kɛn sakur kanɛ an El Camino Real la.[4] on da bɔɔd ye o zamis ka an nu’ug kikiig nwɛn’ɛd la, ka li pʋ kɛŋ sʋm tis o la, o da ti’ak o pʋtɛn’ɛri lɛb sini maalig nɛ la’ad yɛɛb yela.[4][5]
Sarpong da kpi nɛ yʋʋm tusayi nɛ piinɛ nu, nwadis piiga, dabpisi nɛ yuobʋ daar (26 October 2015) on da mɔr yʋʋm pisnaasi la. O da iank nɛ naan agɔla li Colorado Street Bridge linɛ Pasadena, California la.[6] Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner da yel ye o kum la wan wʋʋ sɔ’ na kʋʋ o mɛŋ nɛ, ban da vɛɛns o ningbiŋ la gɔs la.[7]
Sarpong da anɛ one da pian’ad MTV ni di’em kanɛ buon Yo Momma la, ka li ya’aŋ ka o kilim one pian’adi tisid BET Awards di’ema kanɛ buon All Access la, yʋma ayɔpɔi. Yʋʋm tusayi nɛ piinɛ tan’ (2013) BET Awards ni la, ba da tis o ya’an piini ye one an "Best International Artist".
Ba da buon Sarpong ye Paul Unanga sini kanɛ buon Anchor Baby ka anina ka o di’ ya’an piini kanɛ an Best Lead Actor yʋʋm tusayi nɛ piinɛ yi (2012) New York Film Festival. O da paas sini kanɛ buon "Lord of the Bling", dinɛ paas Veronica Mars pʋʋgin la.
Sarpong da anɛ one gɔsid la’ad yɛɛb yela tis Louis Vuitton, banɛ da di’e MAA Fashion piini ye one an daʋ kanɛ gɔsid fʋʋd yɛɛb yela gaad o taaba yʋʋm kan ni, ka nɔɔr ayi ka Today's Black Woman magazine paas o ba di’ema kanɛ an "Fifty Most Beautiful People" kanl ni. Ba da paas o Us Weekly′s "Hot 100 Young Hollywood with Style" kanl pʋʋgin yʋʋm tusayi nɛ ayɔpɔ ni (2007).[8]
O kum nya’aŋ la ba da maal ya ka o foto yi American Crime Story di’em kanɛ da paas ayɔpɔi daan la, di’emid Byron/Neighbor Man No. 1 di’ema.[9]
O sini si’eba
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]• Sunset Park (1996) – Washington Heights Basketball Player (uncredited)
• No Easy Way (1996) – Gee (uncredited)
• Carnival of Wolves (1996) – Gang member #3
• All's Fair in Love & War (1997)
• Mr. Show with Bob and David (1997-1998) – Professor Murder
• American History X (1998) – Jail Inmate (uncredited)
• Hash Brown's (1999) – Gangster
• Touch (2000)
• Chasing Sunsets (2001) – Terrance
• King Rikki (2002) – Louis
• Masked and Anonymous (2003) – Blunt
• Swirl (2003) – Max (uncredited)
• Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) – Kadeem
• Everybody Hates Chris (2005, TV Series) – Mario ("Everybody Hates Babysitters")
• Johnny Was (2006) – Skip
• Keeping Up with the Steins (2006) – Terrence Smythe
• Grad Night (2006) – Jerrod Elliott
• Nailed (2006) – Scott Scott
• Marked (2007) – Marcus
• Young Cesar (2007) – Tariq
• Grindin (2007) – Morris
• Carts (2007) – Conrad
• 7-10 Split (2007) – Himself (uncredited)
• The Sweep (2008) – Chrome
• Unemployed (2008) – Big Dime
• Farm House (2008) – Jonas
• Single Black Female (2009) – Will
• The House That Jack Built (2009) – Mace
• Dedd Brothers (2009) – Sugar
• Church (2010) – Jay
• Anchor Baby (2010) – Paul Unanga
• The Preacher's Family (2011) – Deion Hines
• Trigger (2012) – Trey
• Crossed the Line (2014) – Twist
• Battered (2014) – Ray Fleming
• Tamales and Gumbo (2015)
• No Weapon Formed Against Us (2015) – Deion
'Gbanvɛɛnsa
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]- ↑ Eric Sondheimer (9 July 1997). "Sarpong Finding his Niches; Former ECR-Hoop Star is Actor, Dancer, Rapper, Talk-show Host". Daily News (Los Angeles, CA). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
- ↑ "Actor Sam Sarpong is a perfect role model."[dead link] The News Letter, 5 August 2005.
- ↑ Tim Engle, "Singing, acting, modeling: Sam Sarpong is on the verge of something big", Kansas City Star, 24 May 2008 (pay site).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fernando Dominguez, "Running the Fast Break Again : Two Years Out of High School, Sarpong Homes In on Show-Business Career", Los Angeles Times, 2 July 1995.
- ↑ Eric Sondheimer, "Sarpong Finding His Niches; Former ECR-Hoop Star Is Actor, Dancer, Rapper, Talk-Show Host", Los Angeles Daily News, 9 July 1997. via HighBeam Research.
- ↑ "Sam Sarpong Dies: Tommy Hilfiger Model, Yo Momma Host, Actor Dead of Apparent Suicide at 40". Us Weekly. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ Stedman, Alex (28 October 2015). "Sam Sarpong, Co-Host of MTV's 'Yo Momma,' Dies at 40". Variety. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ↑ Albert Benefo Buabeng, "10 facts about the late Sam Sarpong", Pulse.com.gh, 29 October 2015.
- ↑ ""American Crime Story" Conspiracy Theories (TV Episode 2016)". IMDb.