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Daveed Diggs is best known for his Tony Award\u2013winning portrayals of Marquis de Lafayette and President Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway musical \u201cHamilton,\u201d released last year as a TV film on Disney+ and garnering Daveed a SAG Award nomination. Here, the singer-rapper-songwriter and actor-writer-producer reveals much of his creative philosophy to Backstage\u2014a publication he used to read in the early, blissfully uncertain days of his career. His advice: \u201cBe fully creative and really experiment with things, and then learn what your process is.\u201d\n\nBorn in Oakland, California, and studying theater at Brown University, Daveed joined early versions of Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s \u201cHamilton\u201d after scraping by with regional stage gigs and Marc Bamuthi Joseph\u2019s choreopoem \u201cWord Becomes Flesh.\u201d He\u2019s collaborated with an eclectic array of musicians, including his experimental hip-hop group Clipping, and writer-performer Rafael Casal, with whom he wrote, produced, and co-starred in the award-winning 2018 film \u201cBlindspotting.\u201d Daveed also leads TNT\u2019s dystopian drama \u201cSnowpiercer\u201d and this year starred as Frederick Douglass on Showtime\u2019s miniseries \u201cThe Good Lord Bird\u201d and in Disney\u2019s \u201cSoul.\u201d He\u2019s appeared on ABC\u2019s \u201cBlack-ish,\u201d Netflix\u2019s \u201cUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,\u201d and AppleTV+\u2019s animated \u201cCentral Park,\u201d and will next be seen in the live-action remake of \u201cThe Little Mermaid.\u201d Check out Daveed answering our Backstage 5 actor questionniare here: https://bit.ly/3r0oeuC\n\nAlso joining Jack on this episode is Elyse Roth, Backstage\u2019s senior editor, to discuss the takeaways from the 2021 Oscar nominations: https://bit.ly/2P26GB5\n---\nBackstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage\u2019s podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today\u2019s most noteworthy film, television, and theater actors and creators. This is your guide to every aspect of acting, from voiceover and commercial work to casting directors, agents, and more. Full of both know-how and inspiration, In the Envelope airs weekly to cover everything from practical advice on navigating the industry, to how your favorite projects are made, to personal stories of success and failure alike. Join host Jack Smart, Awards Editor at Backstage, for this guide on how to live the creative life from those who are doing it every day: https://bit.ly/2OMryWQ\n\nFollow Backstage and In the Envelope on social media:\n- https://www.facebook.com/backstage\n- https://www.twitter.com/backstage\n- https://www.twitter.com/intheenvelope\n- https://www.instagram.com/backstagecast\n\nLooking to get cast? Subscribe here: www.backstage.com/subscribe\nBrowse Backstage casting listings: https://bit.ly/3mth68e\nCheck out our community-driven virtual programming, The Slate: https://bit.ly/2WDNXf0\nBackstage stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: https://bit.ly/3cuMBt5\n\nSpecial thanks to...\n- Host: Jack Smart\n- Producer: Jamie Muffett\n- Social media: Katie Minard, Alysa Cirelli\n- Design: Mark Stinson, Caitlin Watkins\n- Additional support: Kasey Howe, Samantha Sherlock, Benjamin Lindsay, Oriella St. Louis