Brandon Leake is a spoken word poet, educator and motivational speaker and the winner of the fifteenth season of America’s Got Talent. He was the first spoken word poet to be on America’s Got Talent and received the Golden Buzzer award in the first round from Howie Mandel. He performed pieces about his sister who died, his father, Black Lives Matter and his daughter. He was named the champion of the 15th season in September 2020.

He has performed in 36 US states, New Zealand, Mexico and Canada with his Dark Side Tour to promote his published poetry and his album called Deficiencies: A Tale from My Dark Side