Meet Leonard Boone | Author/actor entrepreneur

We had the good fortune of connecting with Leonard Boone and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Leonard, can you tell us more about your background and the role it’s played in shaping who you are today?
I’m from Tampa Fl I was born a tampa general hospital on the west side of town I grew up in west tampa projects known as the Peejays I grew up around drugs guns pimps and players I lived the life of a king because my house was Considered the drug hub I grew up with prostitutes sleeping in my bed staying over from late night runs for my dad and uncles they were take me to town with them shopping and picking up drugs I traffic drugs with others as a youth to get my school supplies and clothes my mom raised me in church to be a better man although my mom was involved in drug trafficking she never used drugs or drinked she was Holy Ghost filled I’m the oldest of six kids but have plenty of brothers and sisters from my biological dad and step dad Boe aka Leon Christopher with that being said this lifestyle impacted my life to do better but know how to hustle on a positive note so I decided to be a boss a business man with multiple streams of income

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
I’m a actor with my IMDb credits I went to school for broadcasting Television radio I am the CEO of bones gonna be good COLORING BOOKS on the CEO of the Kings and Queens wellness Powder and beastbodi wear I’m the ceo of BAe hates brand aka blessed and everlasting I’m also a street gospel artist I got to where IAM at today because of my faith and believing in my dreams and visions it wasn’t easy I overcame the challenges by praying and remaining humble and learning from my mistakes I want the world to know that when life takes a turn for the bad remember it’s for your good to be a overcomer to better understand that you could achieve your dreams and visions by understanding yourself as a king or queen

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I would take them to go make some money so we could continue to feed our families by helping them come up with a plan so we could Store up treasures for our children’s children as well as me then we can go eat and celebrate had a nice five-star restaurant

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR SAVING ME I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY MY BESTFRIEND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE EVANGELA FOR BELIEVING IN ME I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY MOM JOYCE FOR KEEPING A ROOF OVER MY HEAD AND FOR KEEPING ME IN CHURCH I WOULD LIKE TO THANK. MY STEP DAD BOE AKA LEON FOR HELP RAISING A G I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MU UNCLE JOHN AKA DOC FOR SHOWING ME THE STREET LIFE AND ME BEING ONE OF HIS FAVORITE Nephews AND LAST BUT NOT LEASE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ME FOR BELIEVING IN MY DREAMS AND VISIONS WHILE TRUSTING THE PROCESS TO BE A BETTER MAN COMING FROM THE STREETS TO BEING A CEO OF MULTI BUSINESS.

Website: Beastbodiwear.com

Instagram: @boonescoloringbook

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Image Credits
David Antonio Velasquez Ramirez