Tiffany Young & Amandla Stenberg And Angie Thomas Made For A Star-Studded 'TRL' Morning

Tiffany Young joined The Hate U Give star Amandla Stenberg and writer Angie Thomas for a TRL episode that didn't even fit into 30 minutes this morning!


Beginning things off, Tiffany sat down with TRL host Sway Calloway for him to get to know the Females Generation-turned solo artist. They went over the sentimental meanings in back of her nickname and the decision Tiffany made to move back to the U.S. Immediately after ten years making music in South Korea.





Sway asked Tiffany a series of five tough questions -- all of which had fantastic answers -- that got her to name some of her preference artists, including Shawn Mendes and Kim Petras! Tiffany even revealed for the initial time on TRL that she's got a upcoming duet with Babyface called "Runaway" that the world truly isn't ready for.

Cut for time yet also iconic not to share, Tiffany reacted to her "Teach You" video in a digital exclusive. Now that there really are people at residence watching her on the small screen, Tiffany had a brilliant message to share: "“You can do anything want. You could be anything you want."

Taking over the studio next, actress Amandla Stenberg and author Angie Thomas discussed about starring in the upcoming film The Hate U Give, which stems from Angie's novel. Amandla and Angie spoken about how their own upbringings and families influenced how they approached this project, from code-switching in different communities to wanting to give voice to unspoken experiences of black youth across the country.





Following The Hate U Give, Amandla is hopeful to resemble even more communities, especially queer people of color like herself whose stories are rarely told. Case in point, Amandla mentioned that her character, Starr, taught her more about herself and her aspire to not hide who she is in her films.


Earlier this week on the show, Nessa asked the film's co-star Russell Hornsby asking about Tupac's influence in the film, so Sway was inspired to ask Angie the same question. Though she didn't routinely have the Tupac-inspired title for her film, Angie mentioned that the rapper was at the core of story as she wrote it. Hear more about how Tupac shaped her childhood below. TRL airs on weekdays at 8:00am ET.