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Anybody else miss the ’90s?

Of all the many perks of that decade, we miss how simple the times seemed. Representation of Black folks in film and television was abundant. And of the many Black men, young and grown, who had the chance to be on television, we had a crush on most of them. As time has passed, we’ve watched some of our favorite crushes grow to be even finer, and continue on with their fame. But there are also some we haven’t seen or been able to keep up with. So, for the sake of Throwback Thursday, hit the flip to see what some of your ’90s crushes are looking like nowadays.

Brandon Quinton Adams

Brandon was Jesse in Mighty Ducks, as well as Kevin in The Sandlot and Aaron on Moesha. 

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Bumper Robinson

Now a prominent voice actor, Bumper Robinson played Dorian Haywood on A Different World, and appeared on Family Matters. MAN, was he fine!

For the record, Bumper is on Instagram, however, his page is private.

 

Tyrone Burton

Shame on you if you slept on Robert Townsend’s The Parent ‘Hood. Tyrone Burton played eldest kid T.K. on the WB hit.

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Tyrin Turner

If Tyrin looks familiar, it’s because he starred as Caine in the classic Menace II Society. 

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Khalil Kain

Everyone fell in love with Kain when he played Raheem in Juice, but he was also Maya Wilkes’s husband, Darnell, on Girlfriends. 

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Mark Taylor

Mark was a star of the Canadian show Student Bodies during the ’90s, but we know and lust love him most from the Disney movie Seventeen Again. 

 

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Fredro Starr

Known for many roles and for his music as a member of Onyx, Fredro Starr was everywhere in the ’90s. However, we all knew and loved him as bad boy bae Q on Moesha. 

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Brandon Hammond

If you were quite young during the mid ’90s, you may have loved Brandon Hammond. He was pretty much in everything, including Soul FoodWaiting to ExhaleSpace Jam and Menace II Society. 

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Jason Weaver

The Smart Guy star was also in some of our favorite TV movies back in the day, including The Jacksons: An American Dream and Summertime Switch, an undisputed ABC TV movie classic.

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Larenz Tate

Larenz hasn’t aged since Menace II SocietyThe Inkwell, Love JonesDead Presidents days — and we are so here for it.

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Immature

While we rode for Batman during the early Immature days, it’s good to see that all three men have aged quite nicely.

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Kel Mitchell

He may not have been your personal fave, but there were plenty of teen girls who loved the Kenan and Kel and Good Burger star. And he actually looks even better the older he gets.

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Ginuwine

Elgin Baylor Lumpkin had everyone lusting with their eyes when he made his debut with The Bachelor in 1996. And even after all of these years, he still gets the ladies worked up.

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Leon

We might look at him as Noelle’s daddy (Cynthia Bailey’s daughter) these days, but Leon was zaddy in the ’90s (and still is actually).

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Gary Dourdan

The man we all crushed on as Shazza Zulu on A Different World still has his bright eyes and good looks — but not the locs.

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