Trevor Jackson stars as Aaron, who is now a college professor and
pontifical activist on Freeform’s hit series “grown-ish,” now in
its sixth and final season.

Jackson made his television debut on shows such as CBS’ “Criminal
Minds” and the Disney Channel Original Movie “Let It Shine.” In
2016, Trevor starred as a series regular on John Ridley’s Golden
Globe®- and Emmy®-nominated drama series “American Crime,”
beside André Benjamin (André 3000) and Regina King. In 2017, Trevor
starred alongside Alfre Woodward and Trevante Rhodes in the Netflix
Original “Burning Sands.” He most recently starred as Youngblood
Priest in the Director X-helmed remake of the 1972 blaxploitation
crime film “Superfly,” alongside Michael K. Williams.

Born in Indiana, Jackson began honing his musical talents as a young
kid, scoring a role as Young Simba in Disney’s Tony Award®-winning
Broadway National tour of “The Lion King.” He continued to rise as
a musical star, signing to Atlantic Records in 2015 to release his
major-label debut EP, “#NewThang,” and mixtape “In My
Feelings,” which garnered millions of streams across music
platforms. But it’s on his sonically colorful “Rough Drafts”
series, “Pt. 1” (2018) and “Pt. 2” (2019), under his Born Art
imprint, that Jackson sharpened his sound. He also won the 2019 Soul
Train Certified Award, an honor that celebrates R&B’s best
independent artists.

His official debut album, “The Love Language,” is his most mature,
poignant project to date. The artful 14-track LP embodies his insights
on love (“Luv Don’t Change,” “Viral”), thrills of desire
(“Get To You,” “Bouts To Be”), and the uncertainty and
disconnection of lust (“Pictures By My Pool,” “Be Yourself”).
Across the album, his intoxicating sound slithers from a sparse,
soul-strumming tempo to a trap-tinged bounce and a funky bass-laden
bop that lingers long after the song ends. To further conceptualize
the album, Jackson offers a handful of moving, self-directed vignettes
that visually imagine the five love languages conceived by Dr. Gary
Chapman: acts of service, receiving gifts, physical touch, quality
time and words of affirmation. Jackson also released a cover of Joni
Mitchell’s holiday classic “River,” and has become an in-demand
collaborator with artists such as Jacob Latimore, Cierra Ramirez, and
ADÉ.
