On a recent episode of The Breakfast Club (March 2) on iHeart Radio’s Power 105 New York, British actor Damson Idris lamented on his love for Jamaican food and his relationship with rapper Saweetie.
Damson, 30 is currently on a promo tour for the latest season of Snowfall, was asked why he loves Jamaican culture so much. His plain answers was “Obviously the foods, I am a oxtail guy”.
He went on to say “I like Miss Lillys” as he list a few New York based Jamaican restaurants he is ready to try.
The actor also spent this past year learning piano, shared a video of Saweetie playing Beethoven’s “Für Elise” to his Instagram Story, leading many to speculate on whether the two were a couple.
He awkwardly tried to clear the air on their relationship when Angela brought up his piano lessons during the interview.
“Me and that queen are just friends,” Idris said. “She’s a great piano player and I didn’t know she could play, I didn’t even think the world knew. So I was like, ‘Oh this is a cool moment’ and I just posted it, but people thought it was something else.” He said.
“Everyone I meet. I want them to be in my life forever because I realize so many people are coming into my life, taking my energy, hearing my dreams, hearing my stories and then they’re gone,” Idris said. “And then they’re telling that to the world. So I want people to stay in my life so I can keep that loyalty, and I made that decision with her, and I know that’s a woman I’m gonna know forever.”
The South East London native said.
Saweetie, who recently released a new single titled “Closer” and on Wednesday (March 2), won the 2022 Billboard Women in Music Awards Game Changer Award. She got the award for securing 100 appearances on the Billboard Hot 100.
Idris’s breakout role is Franklin Saint, a 19-year-old drug dealer in Los Angeles, in the FX crime drama Snowfall from John Singleton, debuted in July 2017. The first season of Snowfall — set in 1983 on the verge of the crack cocaine epidemic — weaves together the stories of several characters whose lives will soon collide because of drugs.
He auditioned through video in London before flying out to Los Angeles, where he said spent the day with Singleton, who wanted to ensure he had mastery of the accent and took him to the streets to learn in real circumstances. It was rapper WC, who tutored him on not just an authentic accent but the mannerisms specific to South Central Los Angeles. He earned strong reviews for his performance; Malcolm Venable of TV Guide called him “nothing short of captivating.”
He made his American film debut in Megan Leavey alongside Kate Mara, who plays the title character in the eponymous war film.
In May 2017, Idris won the “Emerging Talent Award” at the 12th Screen Nation Film and Television Awards in London.
